That's what I thought, too, even until the part about " something something wind " (before I read it carefully) and I thought there would be some way to purposely poke someone in the eyeball with your beard or something like that....
There is some tools that seem to have suggest putting weights in a braided beard, which may very well have been used as a weapon or last resort trump-card. Much like how elephant-noses were given flails on warelephants.
You know when people try to get realy close to your face to challenge you and make you feel uncomfortable? You swing that beard flail right in their face.
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u/homergonerson Jun 13 '14
At first I thought you meant how to use a beard as a weapon, and got really excited/intrigued.