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Forum: European Armoury 8th August 2022, 12:48 PM
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Views: 14,990
Posted By Billman
Weapon or Tool

Why does everyone always assume these are weapons and not tools???

Goyarde is just one regional name for a serpe (billhook), and the Lyon pattern (image 1) has a long neck (collet) and most of...
Forum: European Armoury 6th March 2018, 06:33 PM
Replies: 320
Views: 361,757
Posted By Billman
Chisel makers

This German site has stamps of edge tool makers who made wood chisels - they would have made other tools, and some may have also made weapons...

http://alte-beitel.de/index.php/warenzeichen

and...
Forum: European Armoury 6th March 2018, 05:56 PM
Replies: 320
Views: 361,757
Posted By Billman
Edge tool or weapon?

Hi
I joined this forum some years ago, but not been active recently as I had lost track of things when my old computer crashed. My interest is edge tools, primarily the billhook, but also axes and...
Forum: European Armoury 31st March 2014, 10:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
Just found another one, sold in Germany as an...

Just found another one, sold in Germany as an 18th century Küfermesser,
(i.e. a cooper's knife)...
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2014, 02:53 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
The above is the first time I have seen both...

The above is the first time I have seen both images together - the Rotterdam tool is most certainly also a cooper's tool...

I would like to see the other side, to see if it is flat or fullered...
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2014, 02:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
Thanks for that - the tool is most certainly a ...

Thanks for that - the tool is most certainly a cooper's knife - 'cochoir' in French (kuipermes??) - the single bevel, the blade shape, the deep fullering are all typical of certain patterns of this...
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2014, 10:07 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
Juts did a search for 'leeuwengevesten' on the...

Juts did a search for 'leeuwengevesten' on the forum, curiously no hits - so went to Google..... All images are from Cornelius' post (ref above) so no further on, but have found another link:...
Forum: European Armoury 30th March 2014, 09:51 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
This one:...

This one: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11701&highlight=dutch+hanger

It looks like the handle shown on the original (top) image is in two parts - the hilt and the cross part.....
Forum: European Armoury 27th March 2014, 07:26 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
You can see the whole tool at...

You can see the whole tool at http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/17380 - the brass lion handle (the complete lion, on its haunches, in the top - horizontal- image) is the one on the cochoir. If it is...
Forum: European Armoury 27th March 2014, 11:47 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
After the July Revolution of 1830 in France,...

After the July Revolution of 1830 in France, Louis Philippe was crowned King of France. One of the things he did was replace the fleur de lis by a coq (rooster) as the emblem of the monarchy. Thus,...
Forum: European Armoury 26th March 2014, 06:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
The handle appears to be in the shape of a lion,...

The handle appears to be in the shape of a lion, and is similar to that found on Bavarian swords 250 years later...
Forum: European Armoury 26th March 2014, 06:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,907
Posted By Billman
Query on maker's mark

In the V&A museum in London is a cooper's knife, known as a cochoir in France (see: http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/17380) This one has an acid etched blade, and is dated 1702. It also has a cast...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2014, 09:17 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,329
Posted By Billman
As a comparison (handle and decoration, not...

As a comparison (handle and decoration, not shape) this one is an aruval (billhook) from southern India.. It also appears to be more decorative than the plain, functional tools the working classes...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2014, 09:16 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,329
Posted By Billman
It looks a bit heavy for a rice sickle, I'd go...

It looks a bit heavy for a rice sickle, I'd go with a type of billhook. Its ornate style makes me think more of a ceremonial tool than a functional one. I'd opt for Asian rather than African - India...
Forum: Swap Forum 31st December 2013, 05:21 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,517
Posted By Billman
Third attempt, this time I have remembered to...

Third attempt, this time I have remembered to reduce the size of the images as well, but still cannot edit any of my posts...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2013, 05:15 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 38,618
Posted By Billman
Hi Manteris1 - the more I look at this tool the...

Hi Manteris1 - the more I look at this tool the more I think it may actually be Spanish in origin - no reason I can think of, just a gut feeling..
Forum: Swap Forum 31st December 2013, 05:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,517
Posted By Billman
Images did not attach -I forgot to click on...

Images did not attach -I forgot to click on Upload, I'll try again as I cannot see how to edit the original post...
Forum: Swap Forum 31st December 2013, 05:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,517
Posted By Billman
Decorated Indian Aruval for sale

Hi, I have been contacted by an Indian seller who has an Aruval from southern India for sale. He is asking for $500.

It appears to be a nice and decorative piece, but far too expensive for me -...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2013, 09:27 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 13,472
Posted By Billman
These throwing stones appear to have some of the...

These throwing stones appear to have some of the aerodynamic properties of boomerangs, the hand (?) axe shown is assymetric, and would probably not have a stable flight geometry due to its Cof G...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2013, 12:02 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 13,472
Posted By Billman
Why throw a stone axe that has taken several...

Why throw a stone axe that has taken several hours to flake, when a pebble of the same size will inflict pretty much the same amount of damage???
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th October 2013, 10:09 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 38,618
Posted By Billman
Tea knives/pruning hooks tended to be quite small...

Tea knives/pruning hooks tended to be quite small - blades about 6" long - but all pruning prior to the invention of the secateur c1830 was carried out using a small billhook/pruning hook, so it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th October 2013, 10:05 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 97,901
Posted By Billman
Wonderful images, thanks very much... Ref...

Wonderful images, thanks very much...

Ref billhooks on ships - it was quite probable a) billhooks are an ideal tool for cutting firewood or splitting kindling for the galley stove b) many ships...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd October 2013, 09:35 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 97,901
Posted By Billman
Hypothesis - the Samoans has wooden clubs with or...

Hypothesis - the Samoans has wooden clubs with or without teeth, but with a decoratiive (?) back hook before European contact. The similarity with hooked blubber knives, maybe seen on whaling ships...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd October 2013, 06:36 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 97,901
Posted By Billman
Many thanks Natives adopted/adapted Euopean...

Many thanks

Natives adopted/adapted Euopean tools as well... The first image is from my archive (poached from the web) as Samoan, the second as Maori....

The whaling knife has a native made...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2013, 09:38 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 97,901
Posted By Billman
Hi, not my area of expertise - but one that I...

Hi, not my area of expertise - but one that I wander to occasionally as some of the Oceanic war clubs appear to be shaped like large wooden billhooks...

My query is did this shape exist before...
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