Interesting Axe-Type
 

Hello everybody.

I´d like to present an interesting type of axe to you which seems to be a bit neglected in literature, at least from what I have found.

Depending on source these are Polish, Balkan, Ottoman or Russian.

Lokking at the painting and the excerpt from that Panoplium I´m not sure whether these depict the same style of axe, but maybe it´s a hint.

I welcome any comment and observation.

Cool axe, there are Luristan bronze axes like that. I'm guessing the tilt is to aid in penetration.

Looks like Hungarian fokos. They originate from shepherd’s axes, perhaps with avar origins. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd%27s_axe

With their wooden handle they may not look too dangerous but I watched some awesome videos with Hungarians fencing with a sabre in one hand and fokos in the other, moving in a constant swirling motion. The fokos was used to divert the opponents cuts and hook the blade. It looked fierce! Sadly I didn’t manage to find the video again.