Quote Originally Posted by Procrustes
That's the basic idea behind a billhook. Put a "hook" on the end of a pole-arm, and you can use it to pull mounted men from their horses.
That's the one!

I took some Japanese friends (one of which I'm now happy to call my wife!) to the Tower of London and they had a pretty nifty collection of spear-esque weapons there - I think a good dozen or so, some slightly different, others quite wildly.

I assume the Billhook is the one used by Billmen? These are perhaps my favourite unit in MTW (I usually play English Early) - I have about half Billmen (Mercian, I think - the ones with the bonus valour), half Longbowmen (always Welsh!) and a couple of heavy cavalry in case I need the speed. Three stacks of these in the east when the Golden Horde showed up soon sent them packing! (As in, on the turn they emerged ;) )