Songye axe?
 

Hello,
I have this ax is I do not know if it is really Songye, you know more?
length: 36 cm
width: 17 cm

thank you

I AM NO EXPERT IN THESE SO ITS POSSIBLE ITS FROM SOME SUB TRIBE OR SOMETHING BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF SONGE AX TO ME.
THE BLADE SHAPE AND FORM IS TYPICAL SOME HAVE PIERCED BLADES SOME EVEN INLAYED WITH COPPER OR BRASS. MONITOR LIZARD SKIN COVERING THE HANDLE IS ALSO COMMON, SO I WOULD SAY SONGE AX.

thank you for this information

I think it is an ax feel, although the hatchet is forged

Mick

For Songye forgery I should expect some better work, or could be made on a mondaymorning :eek:
The decoration looks very close to the one on a Kuba knife I have. Also made on a mondaymorning, lol

Similar decoration here, also on a Kuba knife.

this is why I have a doubt, do you know of another example of Kuba axe?
If I understood everything, the Kuba Songye live next to, right?

Correct

Very cool patterns! Never seen ones like these before and I'm unfortunately no help as to the authenticity, but I know I like it! :D

The handle btw., is wrapped in leather from the Nile monitor - Varanus niloticus.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._niloticus.jpg

- thanks for sharing!


All the best, - Thor

HERE ARE A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF THE MORE ORNATE FORMS OF THIS STYLE OF SONGE AX FOR COMPARISON AND YOUR ENJOYMENT. :)
SOME COVERED WITH LIZARD SKIN SOME WITH COPPER ONE MAY HAVE A PURE COPPER HANDLE.

thank you for your clarifications. the shape of the handles of axes Songye is always the same. Those below the bulge on the top of the handle is small, the iron is very wide in the end, I doubt, I do not know. She Songye origins, but it is forged by Songye, I do not think ....
Here's a link to the page of my site where I put all my axes Songye : http://www.couteaux-moing.com/coutea...frican_axe.htm
I prepared a small collection on my site ....