Two zaghnal for comments

[francantolin]

Good evening dear members ( or good morning !)

Here are two large zaghnal axes I have.

The less rusty was given to me by a really good friend years ago,
I have bought the second one with the pike recently for a correct-not really expensive price.

I found old post saying rhe ''rusty'' one is just a composite item of late 19th century
Sure it's not well balanced at all !
Too heavy on the front
But the xxl large crow beek point can perfore any kind of armor; I think /for me this part is not just a deco piece...
Globally alll pieces are massive just the pike end seems deco / useless.
All rusty patina with ''basic'' koftgari under the rust,
I hesitate to clean it or leave it lile that.

For the ''nicer one'' , I thought it was from end of 18th/early 19th but I found informations dating thèse type too at end of 19th century...

The koftgari work is well done and all parts seems of ''higher" quality,
The blade seems blued in many parts,
I can not say if it's blued steel or painted so I hesitate to sand/ etch it ?

What do you think ?
Glad to hear tour comments
Kind regards