30th September 2013, 05:17 PM | #6 | |
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Salaams Iliad ~ Parade axe Persian Qajar dynasty. These are common enough and details are in most documents on Qajar dynasty weapons. They are a touch lightweight compared to your displayed battle axe version of similar shape. Persian battle axe style was often chopping axe shaped with a hammer on a single axe. ...see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ace+collection For an interesting example of Ottoman and Persian single head axes see http://islamic-arts.org/2012/arms-an...islamic-world/ An interesting look at some single blade Qajari axes is at http://stsathyre.tumblr.com/post/368...attleaxe-dated For what looks like a late Safavid or Qajari ceremonial axe see http://m.christies.com/sale/lot/sale...a32dd5f37ece79 Your battle axes are far bigger and more weighty than the Qajari parade axe style at #1... I think your references are correct for battle axe form but not for the object under discussion which is a light weight parade axe. The damage to the edge could have been done a hundred odd ways but I don't think it is battle damage... Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 30th September 2013 at 06:50 PM. |
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