Polish Obuszek (Axe)

kronckew · 27th May 2015, 10:34 AM

i had my suspicions, but didn't want to prejudice responses. i suspect that as a polish upper class version of a shepard's axe it'd be worth a bit more than i paid for it as an indopersian tabarzin. anyhow it will fit in nicely with my ciupagas and fokoses. i gather polish nobility carried these in battle long after the rest of europe stopped. hungarians used a similar 'obuch'.

my granny was from galecia, at the time austro-hungarian, but at times polish (even independent once) and/or ukrainian. when she spoke to her relatives in wien neustadt she spoke an odd mix of austrian german with as sprinkle of polish. and occasionally english words.

kronckew · 12th June 2015, 02:45 PM

the obuszek finally arrived today.the spike & brass balance the head perfectly in the centre 40cm. from either end. the head is still as sharp as a steeled butcher's knife with no signs it's been sharpened recently. the head is 4 inches from edge to the end of the hammer poll which is 1.5 cm. square. the chord across the pints of the edge is 3 inches. (sorry for the mixed units

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tad short for a walking stick for me and i'm only 5 ft. 8 in. substantial 7/8 in. thick wood haft has a few fine age cracks but the head & butt spike are firm and unmoving. total weight 550 grams.

so, looks like time to move and retitle this thread to the european forum.

anecdote:
the vendor packed the box tight with pink foam chips and even stiffened it by taping it with a rather nice (and expensive) carbon fibre arrow with a seel field point and plastic flights. so it was a two-fer.

Rick · 13th June 2015, 02:59 AM

So you can even defend yourself with the carbon fiber packing material ?

Definitely a twofer .

kronckew · 13th June 2015, 08:41 AM

yup, all i need now is an arrow flinger.

i have my eye on one of these:

27th May 2015, 10:34 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,238	i had my suspicions, but didn't want to prejudice responses. i suspect that as a polish upper class version of a shepard's axe it'd be worth a bit more than i paid for it as an indopersian tabarzin. anyhow it will fit in nicely with my ciupagas and fokoses. i gather polish nobility carried these in battle long after the rest of europe stopped. hungarians used a similar 'obuch'. my granny was from galecia, at the time austro-hungarian, but at times polish (even independent once) and/or ukrainian. when she spoke to her relatives in wien neustadt she spoke an odd mix of austrian german with as sprinkle of polish. and occasionally english words. Last edited by kronckew; 27th May 2015 at 10:53 AM.

13th June 2015, 08:41 AM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,238	yup, all i need now is an arrow flinger. i have my eye on one of these: Attached Images

12th June 2015, 02:45 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,238	the obuszek finally arrived today.the spike & brass balance the head perfectly in the centre 40cm. from either end. the head is still as sharp as a steeled butcher's knife with no signs it's been sharpened recently. the head is 4 inches from edge to the end of the hammer poll which is 1.5 cm. square. the chord across the pints of the edge is 3 inches. (sorry for the mixed units ) tad short for a walking stick for me and i'm only 5 ft. 8 in. substantial 7/8 in. thick wood haft has a few fine age cracks but the head & butt spike are firm and unmoving. total weight 550 grams. so, looks like time to move and retitle this thread to the european forum. anecdote: the vendor packed the box tight with pink foam chips and even stiffened it by taping it with a rather nice (and expensive) carbon fibre arrow with a seel field point and plastic flights. so it was a two-fer.

13th June 2015, 02:59 AM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	So you can even defend yourself with the carbon fiber packing material ? Definitely a twofer .