Indo-Persian Tabar???
 

Hello,

I just picked up this ax. Heavy hollow shaft, with writing on shaft at hand grip area. Any thoughts on the age, area of manufacture (persian vs indian vs???).

I would like to know your thoughts.

Cheers,

Tim

Tim:

I vote Indian. This moustache-shaped axe blade is attributed by Egerton to Chota Nagpur and Vizianagram, and he shows a couple of examples of similar shape to yours (Egerton, pp. 72-78).

Same for me - India - for the same reasons.

Agree.
Indians always had a penchant for counterintuitively-shaped weapons: ox-cutter sossun pattas, chota nagpurs,adya kattis etc. Persian weapons are usually very pragmatic. The concave edge must not be as efficient as a convex one, but sure is scary and exotic!

I also think its Indian,some form of bullova maybe.

Thank you all for your replies. Any idea on the writing?


Cheers,
Tim