Early polearm or Lochaber axe or something else ?

Cerjak · 14th November 2019, 07:44 PM

see this link and also the picture
https://www.rct.uk/collection/94950/lochaber-axes

kronckew · 14th November 2019, 07:56 PM

Bardiche?

cornelistromp · 16th November 2019, 02:36 PM

Hi Jean Luc,

I presume this is a so called whale blubber meat cutter with characteristic rounded point and eyes with a distance from the blade. 18 or 19thC

early halberds have a sharp spike and eyes close to the blade.

best,
jasper

David R · 16th November 2019, 10:37 PM

The museum in (Kingstown upon) Hull in the UK has a nice display of Whale disassembly tools and this does not look like any I saw there. So I would say Bardiche or Lochaber axe.

kronckew · 17th November 2019, 11:04 AM

found this 'Croatian Bardiche' on a bing search

Victrix · 17th November 2019, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

found this 'Croatian Bardiche' on a bing search

From the caption I think the bardiche on the left is described as Russian. The war axe on the right is described as Croatian.

kronckew · 17th November 2019, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Victrix

From the caption I think the bardiche on the left is described as Russian. The war axe on the right is described as Croatian.

Yes, the search I did was for "Croatian AND Bardiche" just "bardiche" or "russian bardiche did not bring up anything useful. I Added "Croatian" based on another photo that appeared to be germaine, also no ref. noted.

The page says it's Russian, appears to be in German,title of the book was cut off. One of our more bookish experts who have exhaustive libraries may recognise it.

corrado26 · 27th January 2020, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Victrix

From the caption I think the bardiche on the left is described as Russian. The war axe on the right is described as Croatian.

As the picture have the numbers 213 and 214, not 211/212, the left one is a war axe from Croatia (213) and foot war axe of ca. 1500 (214)

pictures 211/212 show the following arms:

Victrix · 17th November 2019, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cornelistromp

Hi Jean Luc,

I presume this is a so called whale blubber meat cutter with characteristic rounded point and eyes with a distance from the blade. 18 or 19thC

early halberds have a sharp spike and eyes close to the blade.

best,
jasper

Which publication is this taken from? It looks good.

14th November 2019, 07:44 PM	#1
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	see this link and also the picture https://www.rct.uk/collection/94950/lochaber-axes Attached Images

16th November 2019, 02:36 PM	#3
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,064	Hi Jean Luc, I presume this is a so called whale blubber meat cutter with characteristic rounded point and eyes with a distance from the blade. 18 or 19thC early halberds have a sharp spike and eyes close to the blade. best, jasper Attached Images

17th November 2019, 11:04 AM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	found this 'Croatian Bardiche' on a bing search Attached Images

14th November 2019, 07:56 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	Bardiche?

16th November 2019, 10:37 PM	#4
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,136	The museum in (Kingstown upon) Hull in the UK has a nice display of Whale disassembly tools and this does not look like any I saw there. So I would say Bardiche or Lochaber axe.