High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A grosses Messer or Gross Messer ("great knife", also called Hiebmesser = "cutting knife") was a type of German single-edged one handed sword similar to a falchion, that was used during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Grosses Messer, or simply Messer, was the term used in the 15th century, and the weapon in the 16th-century evolved into a type of training weapon known as a Dussack. Much less expensive than other types of available swords, it was the weapon of the common man[citation needed]. Used for menial work[citation needed] in addition to battle, the grosses Messer sported a blade with a single curved edge that led to a clipped-back tip (like a kilij). Its hilt included a straight cross-guard and Nagel (a nail-like–Nagel literally means 'nail'–protrusion that juts out from the right side of the cross-guard away from the flat of the blade) to protect the wielder's hands.

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