Navall boarding axe on eBay

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by M ELEY

http://webprojects.prm.ox.ac.uk/arms...ms/1884.21.57/


Opinions on this one? Referred to as boarding axe with apparently some provenance? I'm assuming again a "private purchase" maritiem piece. One must remember that merchantmen and privateers far dwarfed the naval vessels of the time, so...?

Hi Mark,
This is a great post, and the Pitt Rivers description is excellent, especially along with the very pragmatic description of how these boarding axes became virtual models for firemans axes. I agree with your observations on Gilkerson, and actually I think if anybody should be writing on these private purchase weapons, you would be the best candidate

All the best,
Jim