Seeking information on a polearm from Graz

BUCC_Guy · 15th March 2022, 04:57 AM

As solely a polearm collector, I just want to say this is one of the finest looking types and I wish I could own one.

Even if one came up for sale, I couldn’t afford it. I believe a good example would fetch $10,000 or more.

Maybe I’m crazy and one has sold before, but I don’t recall ever seeing one.

Tuthmose · 17th March 2022, 11:43 PM

Bad news, possibly good news on this quest:

I wrote to the Landeszeughaus; I even suckered my bi-lingual museum-curator wife into translating it into German for me. That was about two months ago, and I've yet to receive any reply or even acknowledgement. I know they are chronically under-staffed and under-funded, and there is Covid to contend with, so I tried not to take it personally.

The good news, however, is that the smith I have commissioned to make a copy, who lives and works in France, HAS made contact with them. He is currently working on getting detailed photos and information; both he and I are hopeful. If it pans out, I'll try to share whatever details he finds here in case anyone else is interested.

I can't imaging one ever would come up for sale, unless for some dire reason the Landeszeughaus needed to de-accession one for funds. So far as I've every been able to see, the Armory holds the only surviving examples (perhaps the only examples that ever existed at all?)

15th March 2022, 04:57 AM	#1
BUCC_Guy Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 52	As solely a polearm collector, I just want to say this is one of the finest looking types and I wish I could own one. Even if one came up for sale, I couldn’t afford it. I believe a good example would fetch $10,000 or more. Maybe I’m crazy and one has sold before, but I don’t recall ever seeing one.

17th March 2022, 11:43 PM	#2
Tuthmose Member Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 13	Bad news, possibly good news on this quest: I wrote to the Landeszeughaus; I even suckered my bi-lingual museum-curator wife into translating it into German for me. That was about two months ago, and I've yet to receive any reply or even acknowledgement. I know they are chronically under-staffed and under-funded, and there is Covid to contend with, so I tried not to take it personally. The good news, however, is that the smith I have commissioned to make a copy, who lives and works in France, HAS made contact with them. He is currently working on getting detailed photos and information; both he and I are hopeful. If it pans out, I'll try to share whatever details he finds here in case anyone else is interested. I can't imaging one ever would come up for sale, unless for some dire reason the Landeszeughaus needed to de-accession one for funds. So far as I've every been able to see, the Armory holds the only surviving examples (perhaps the only examples that ever existed at all?)