Ankus

Timo Nieminen · 7th May 2012, 02:55 AM

For some reason - perhaps I just think they are cute - I've been picking up the occasional ankus here and there. Some are modern, but still cute IMO.

Nathaniel · 7th May 2012, 04:17 AM

Very nice collection you have going there Timo! Thanks for sharing! I would love to pick up one someday too, but a Thai one

Timo Nieminen · 20th May 2012, 03:30 AM

Here are three more! The first two escaped my last photography session (I must get a better camera!); the 3rd is new.

The first one was my favourite. It might be replaced by the new one (the 3rd one). The 3rd one is supposedly a WW2 CBI bringback.

The middle one is, of course, modern. I haven't seen any old ankus with an axe blade like this (have you?).

VANDOO · 20th May 2012, 03:47 AM

A VERY NICE COLLECTION!! THANKS FOR SHOWING IT. HERE ARE PICTURES OF TWO ANKUS, THE FANCY ONE 3 PICTURES IS SAID TO BE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE SHORT ONE ?? THESE AR NOT MINE BUT I HAVE A FEW AROUND. I WILL TRY AND TAKE SOME PICTURES TO POST.

Timo Nieminen · 20th May 2012, 04:11 AM

A bells-in-handle ankus is on my list to get. Also a long-hafted one. Eventually, and as budget permits.

I like the simple ones. I think learning to make one would be a nice introduction to blacksmithing.

weapons 27 · 20th May 2012, 07:54 AM

a sympatic ankus

Timo Nieminen · 18th January 2016, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timo Nieminen

A bells-in-handle ankus is on my list to get. Also a long-hafted one. Eventually, and as budget permits.

Here's the second on that list, a long-handled ankus. Lightweight at 474g.

Also, just received, a small ankus. 504g. Shown next to the ringed ankus in the last batch for comparison. (The ringed one is a little above average for this kind, I think. 908g.)

Helleri · 18th January 2016, 10:40 PM

Is it terrible that I would use any one of those as fire place pokers?

ariel · 19th January 2016, 02:13 AM

Timo,
Now you absolutely need a herd of elephants.

VANDOO · 19th January 2016, 04:59 PM

SAFER TO POKE A FIRE PLACE THAN TO POKE AN ELEPHANT.

thomas hauschild · 8th December 2018, 11:55 AM

Have found a nearly similar one like Timo. Same style, possibly same smith.

Best Thomas

Jens Nordlunde · 8th December 2018, 04:00 PM

Here is my only Ancus, north India probably Punjab 19th century. The bore is 11 mm pinfire, so if someone was hit there would have been quite a hole.
In one of his books Robert Elgood shows a walking stick, with a hidden gun, from a museum, also with the same kind of decoration.
These shooting weapons were not practical at all, as it took far too long to unscrew the top - would not have been any good for a 007-agent.
Elgood, Robert: Firearms of the Islamic World. I.B. Tauris & Co., London 1995. PP. 142-143 no 93.

No Ariel, I am not going to buy an elephant, as I only have one Ancus, and I am sure my wife and the dogs would not like an elephant running around in the garden trumpteting at all hours.

Sorry.

Battara · 8th December 2018, 06:52 PM

Uh..........a picture Jens, please?

7th May 2012, 02:55 AM	#1
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	Ankus For some reason - perhaps I just think they are cute - I've been picking up the occasional ankus here and there. Some are modern, but still cute IMO. Attached Images

20th May 2012, 03:30 AM	#3
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	Here are three more! The first two escaped my last photography session (I must get a better camera!); the 3rd is new. The first one was my favourite. It might be replaced by the new one (the 3rd one). The 3rd one is supposedly a WW2 CBI bringback. The middle one is, of course, modern. I haven't seen any old ankus with an axe blade like this (have you?). Attached Images

20th May 2012, 03:47 AM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A VERY NICE COLLECTION!! THANKS FOR SHOWING IT. HERE ARE PICTURES OF TWO ANKUS, THE FANCY ONE 3 PICTURES IS SAID TO BE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE SHORT ONE ?? THESE AR NOT MINE BUT I HAVE A FEW AROUND. I WILL TRY AND TAKE SOME PICTURES TO POST. Attached Images

20th May 2012, 07:54 AM	#6
weapons 27 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 462	a sympathetic ankus a sympatic ankus Attached Images

8th December 2018, 11:55 AM	#11
thomas hauschild Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Germany Posts: 140	Have found a nearly similar one like Timo. Same style, possibly same smith. Best Thomas Attached Images

7th May 2012, 04:17 AM	#2
Nathaniel Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 865	Very nice collection you have going there Timo! Thanks for sharing! I would love to pick up one someday too, but a Thai one

20th May 2012, 04:11 AM	#5
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	A bells-in-handle ankus is on my list to get. Also a long-hafted one. Eventually, and as budget permits. I like the simple ones. I think learning to make one would be a nice introduction to blacksmithing.

18th January 2016, 10:40 PM	#8
Helleri Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Chino, CA. Posts: 219	Is it terrible that I would use any one of those as fire place pokers?

19th January 2016, 02:13 AM	#9
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Timo, Now you absolutely need a herd of elephants.

19th January 2016, 04:59 PM	#10
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	SAFER TO POKE A FIRE PLACE THAN TO POKE AN ELEPHANT.

8th December 2018, 04:00 PM	#12
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Here is my only Ancus, north India probably Punjab 19th century. The bore is 11 mm pinfire, so if someone was hit there would have been quite a hole. In one of his books Robert Elgood shows a walking stick, with a hidden gun, from a museum, also with the same kind of decoration. These shooting weapons were not practical at all, as it took far too long to unscrew the top - would not have been any good for a 007-agent. Elgood, Robert: Firearms of the Islamic World. I.B. Tauris & Co., London 1995. PP. 142-143 no 93. No Ariel, I am not going to buy an elephant, as I only have one Ancus, and I am sure my wife and the dogs would not like an elephant running around in the garden trumpteting at all hours. Sorry. Attached Images Last edited by Jens Nordlunde; 8th December 2018 at 09:26 PM.

8th December 2018, 06:52 PM	#13
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,257	Uh..........a picture Jens, please?