LARGE ANTIQUE EUROPEAN GERMAN SAXON AXE HALBERD PIKE SPEAR MEDIEVAL STYLE TOOL

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LARGE ANTIQUE EUROPEAN GERMAN SAXON AXE HALBERD PIKE SPEAR MEDIEVAL STYLE TOOL:
$315.00

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LARGE HEAVY AXE IN A MEDIEVAL STYLE

A VERY SUBSTANCIAL AXE MADE BY A BLACK SMITH 300 YEARS AGO

EUROPEAN HALBERD TYPE AXE

*2 MAKERS STAMPS ..GERMAN

FROM THE HAMBURG REGION

C. 1700-1745

*RETAILERS \' W\'

*AND LATER ADDED OWNERS INITIALS

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INTERESTINGLY THE BLACKSMITH\'S ORIGINAL FOLDING AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS ARE STILL VISIBLE IN THE METAL SURFACE...SOFTER MAIN BODY.. BROAD HARDENED STEEL FILLET AS A CUTTING EDGE

THE BLADE HAS A GENTLE UPWARD INFLEXION... HENCE \'GULL-WING\'

THIS STYLE OF AXE, PREVIOUSLY AND UP TO THIS ERA, TRADITIONALLY HAD TWO FUNCTIONS..IT DOUBLED ASPEASANTSWORK TOOL AND A PEASANTS WEAPON WHEN CONSCRIPTED INTO THE FRONT LINE BY HIS LOCAL BARRON

THE THICK WOODEN SHAFT, ON THIS ONE, IS A VERY RECENT(AGED) REPLACEMENT...FOR DISPLAYPURPOSES.

ORIGINALLY THESE AXES WERE MOUNTED ON CONSIDERABLY LONGER POLES

THESUBSTANTIALMETAL HEAD IS (Approx.) 35 cm X 21 cm IN TOTAL

TOTAL OVERALL LENGTH INCLUDING THE SHAFT Approx. 79 cm

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