machetes,, regional styles..

Billman · 11th December 2010, 06:47 PM

Hi

Thanks for the pictures of the knipp - hippe - haap - haumesser... I have another with the same stamp, but a little older I think... A similar one stamped FK was also for sale in the US earlier this year, sold as having been made by the Philidelphia Germans (it even had a certificate of provenance) - shame that I had seen it for sale on eBay.de in 2009, several months earlier - the same tool, same stamp and decoration, same marks on the handle and traces of the orange paint still on the blade....

A few images of HK and FK stamped tools, a couple from Polhiem (I had to buy the nasty knife with them) and one by A Metz of Nenkersdorf, - not all images are of my hippen, I copy from ebay even if I do not buy the tool..

Decorated tools were fairly common in parts of Europe...

Haven't found how to sort images into the text, or change their order, so I have just found and added the original image of the one sold in US at the end... compare to the picture above

mrwizard · 11th December 2010, 07:22 PM

Awwww, and i thought i would add something new

But i will see if i can figure out who FK and HK were, i already have an idea whom to ask.

Attached some more knipps i found lying around...

Greetings from Siegen,
Thilo

Billman · 11th December 2010, 09:28 PM

More images of decorated hippen - good to meet another enthusiast...

Billman · 11th December 2010, 09:44 PM

and a few more - the 1914 one is en route from DE to GB....

Another name I found is rubenkopfbeil - which I believe roughly translates to beet head axe i.e. a beet trimming knife, but I think this is an error as they are not so ornate and do not have a 'beak'

I note many of these hippen (especially those from the Bayern region) have blades with a single bevel, like a side axe... What tasks were they used for???

Similar tools are found in France and also some parts of England - in France coppice work is called taillis - Google gives a translation of coppice to niederwald in German

11th December 2010, 06:47 PM	#1
Billman Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 129	Hi Thanks for the pictures of the knipp - hippe - haap - haumesser... I have another with the same stamp, but a little older I think... A similar one stamped FK was also for sale in the US earlier this year, sold as having been made by the Philidelphia Germans (it even had a certificate of provenance) - shame that I had seen it for sale on eBay.de in 2009, several months earlier - the same tool, same stamp and decoration, same marks on the handle and traces of the orange paint still on the blade.... A few images of HK and FK stamped tools, a couple from Polhiem (I had to buy the nasty knife with them) and one by A Metz of Nenkersdorf, - not all images are of my hippen, I copy from ebay even if I do not buy the tool.. Decorated tools were fairly common in parts of Europe... Haven't found how to sort images into the text, or change their order, so I have just found and added the original image of the one sold in US at the end... compare to the picture above Attached Images Last edited by Billman; 11th December 2010 at 10:02 PM.

11th December 2010, 07:22 PM	#2
mrwizard Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 102	Awwww, and i thought i would add something new But i will see if i can figure out who FK and HK were, i already have an idea whom to ask. Attached some more knipps i found lying around... Greetings from Siegen, Thilo Attached Images

11th December 2010, 09:28 PM	#3
Billman Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 129	More images of decorated hippen - good to meet another enthusiast... Attached Images

11th December 2010, 09:44 PM	#4
Billman Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 129	and a few more - the 1914 one is en route from DE to GB.... Another name I found is rubenkopfbeil - which I believe roughly translates to beet head axe i.e. a beet trimming knife, but I think this is an error as they are not so ornate and do not have a 'beak' I note many of these hippen (especially those from the Bayern region) have blades with a single bevel, like a side axe... What tasks were they used for??? Similar tools are found in France and also some parts of England - in France coppice work is called taillis - Google gives a translation of coppice to niederwald in German Attached Images Last edited by Billman; 11th December 2010 at 09:59 PM.