A Poleaxe like Halberd

Marcus den toom · 1st July 2015, 08:03 PM

Hi,

I am no expert on halbeards, but i am quit sure it is more likely a late 16th century version than a 15th century version seeing as the shape does not match any i have seen in the early manuscripts i useally study.

Please, do you also have pictures of this piece before it was cleaned?
It is of course once own choice, but cleaning the steel and replacing the haft just made this piece so much less valuable, historically speaking

fernando · 1st July 2015, 11:31 PM

Is the posted halberd so different from examples in 'German Landsknechts and their Captain' depicted in 'Kriesgordnung' by Hans Döring in 1545 ?

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A Senefelder · 2nd July 2015, 01:57 AM

I cannot tell from the pictures. Is the point of the fluke ( the back spike of opposite the axe blade ) thickened at it's tip?

1st July 2015, 11:31 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Is the posted halberd so different from examples in 'German Landsknechts and their Captain' depicted in 'Kriesgordnung' by Hans Döring in 1545 ? . Attached Images

1st July 2015, 08:03 PM	#1
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	Hi, I am no expert on halbeards, but i am quit sure it is more likely a late 16th century version than a 15th century version seeing as the shape does not match any i have seen in the early manuscripts i useally study. Please, do you also have pictures of this piece before it was cleaned? It is of course once own choice, but cleaning the steel and replacing the haft just made this piece so much less valuable, historically speaking

2nd July 2015, 01:57 AM	#3
A Senefelder Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 214	I cannot tell from the pictures. Is the point of the fluke ( the back spike of opposite the axe blade ) thickened at it's tip?