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Colleagues,
What do you think about origins of this war hammer? Ottoman? European ? It has several markings of the same type. Please, look at photos attached. Regards. |
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Very interesting piece, Evgeny.
Can you give dimensions and weight ? |
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Are you sure this is a war hammer. I don't know much about these, but i have never seen one where the back end curves downward so much.
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here is another one (not mine) |
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the polish ones seem to favour the down-curved spike, some almost hook-like. which might be a useful additional function. most seem to be fairly utilitarian & had wood hafts. the hooks were used to drag an opponent off their horse by hooking their clothing or straps, mail, etc.
light horsemans war hammers (nadziak) were popular in poland's nobility long after they fell out of favour elsewhere. ref: http://polisharms.com/warhammers/ mine: 15cm across, 2.5 cm. eye hole. Last edited by kronckew; 29th September 2015 at 01:28 AM. |
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nadziaks with sharp downcurved spikes were sometimes called obuszek, as were those with an axe blade opposite the hammer head instead of a spike like this one of mine: the axe end could also hook. this one has a rather nasty butt spike that could finish off an opponent thru an eye or ear hole in their helmet.
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Hello Fernando!
Here is a pic with dimensions. Unfortunately I can't weigh the hammer at this moment. Feels like more than 200 grams. |
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