Palm is a stabbing and chopping weapon, which is a large wide knife with a long handle, used both as an axe and as a spear, when hunting. This weapon had several names (palm, palm, palemka).

Palm trees, according to one version, appeared in the XII–XIV centuries in the Southern Angara region. This weapon became widespread in the late Middle Ages, possibly displacing axes and spears.

The Siberian palm is a fairly common weapon of wide functionality. Under different circumstances, it was used both as a spear, and as an axe, and as a knife or a cleaver. Although it is, of course, problematic to chop wood for her. Its main purpose was to hunt and fight. For example, it is noted that with the help of palm trees, the northern peoples organized mass hunting and slaughtering of deer. Especially on river crossings. A powerful tip on a long shaft was suitable not only for stabbing, but also for chopping and cutting blows aimed primarily at the neck of the animal.

In general, the name “palm” was given to this weapon by Russian people who met with local tribes in the boundless Siberian expanses, and not always friendly. Among the indigenous Siberians themselves, it was called differently. But this weapon appeared long before the first Russian settlers poured into Siberia.Palm is a stabbing and chopping weapon, which is a large wide knife with a long handle, used both as an axe and as a spear, when hunting. This weapon had several names (palm, palm, palemka).

Palm trees, according to one version, appeared in the XII–XIV centuries in the Southern Angara region. This weapon became widespread in the late Middle Ages, possibly displacing axes and spears.

The Siberian palm is a fairly common weapon of wide functionality. Under different circumstances, it was used both as a spear, and as an axe, and as a knife or a cleaver. Although it is, of course, problematic to chop wood for her. Its main purpose was to hunt and fight. For example, it is noted that with the help of palm trees, the northern peoples organized mass hunting and slaughtering of deer. Especially on river crossings. A powerful tip on a long shaft was suitable not only for stabbing, but also for chopping and cutting blows aimed primarily at the neck of the animal.

In general, the name “palm” was given to this weapon by Russian people who met with local tribes in the boundless Siberian expanses, and not always friendly. Among the indigenous Siberians themselves, it was called differently. But this weapon appeared long before the first Russian settlers poured into Siberia.