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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th November 2011, 02:36 PM
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Posted By Billman
Hi Bill Yes, a lot of Revolutionary Fascine...

Hi Bill

Yes, a lot of Revolutionary Fascine Knives are a) much later b) non military in origin and usage - one has to look very closely, even at those sold by the 'experts' - despite that one can...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2011, 01:33 PM
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Posted By Billman
Thanks for all the images of the 'boarding axes'...

Thanks for all the images of the 'boarding axes' - I will send the link on to my Canadian friend who sent me the picture of the one discovered in Quebec. I have seen almost identical from the Roman...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th September 2011, 11:33 AM
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Posted By Billman
Not heard the word "gurda" used to describe the...

Not heard the word "gurda" used to describe the mark on the blade so did a quick web search and found this site:

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Probably already well known to all you weapons buffs, buy just in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th September 2011, 11:27 AM
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Posted By Billman
If anyone has images of the billhooks from this...

If anyone has images of the billhooks from this region I would be most grateful to receive copies via PM or website billhooks.co.uk as I have nothing at all from the eastern Mediterranean, except one...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th September 2011, 06:25 PM
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Posted By Billman
Axes of the same pattern as Naval Boarding axes,...

Axes of the same pattern as Naval Boarding axes, with a spike at one end are very similar to the certain patterns of tomahawk traded to the Indian tribes of North America and Canada by English and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd September 2011, 12:08 PM
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Posted By Billman
Now the auction has ended, I will post the images...

Now the auction has ended, I will post the images - but it seems to me that a lot of European imported tools are being sold in the US as having been made in the US pre 1800. Many of these are also...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th August 2011, 08:49 PM
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Views: 26,155
Posted By Billman
Revolutionary Fascine Knife

Hi
I regularly search the net for new images or information on billhooks, and found a Revolutionary Fascine Knife on ebay USA. I have some queries on this, and tried to contact the seller to voice...
Forum: European Armoury 1st July 2011, 09:05 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,382
Posted By Billman
The Higgins' boarding sword looks like a one-off...

The Higgins' boarding sword looks like a one-off butchered sword - the vee shaped notches would stop rigging ropes sliding off the blade, but to be honest they do not look sharp enough to actually do...
Forum: European Armoury 27th June 2011, 03:05 PM
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Views: 15,382
Posted By Billman
I guess corn knives are still made because the...

I guess corn knives are still made because the small scale (homestead) farmer prefers this tool to a machete... being a little narrower and lighter, it probably requires a little less energy to...
Forum: European Armoury 26th June 2011, 10:21 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,382
Posted By Billman
Just had another look at the original tool - the...

Just had another look at the original tool - the handle is very similar to that on some forms of Italian billhooks (roncole) but also those of agricultural knives....

The overall form is very...
Forum: European Armoury 26th June 2011, 10:08 AM
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Posted By Billman
While it is possible this is some sort of fascine...

While it is possible this is some sort of fascine knife, a sword type similar to those used in other European countries, I would have thought it much more likey the Venetians would have used the...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd May 2011, 10:33 AM
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Posted By Billman
I am no expert on weapons (edge tools in general...

I am no expert on weapons (edge tools in general and billhooks in particular are my area of expertise), but the armies of northern Europe until the end of the 19th century or even up to WW1 were...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2011, 06:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 16,235
Posted By Billman
Chicken or egg??? Which came first..... ...

Chicken or egg??? Which came first.....

http://webprojects.prm.ox.ac.uk/arms-and-armour/o/Oceania/1928.59.21/ or http://webprojects.prm.ox.ac.uk/arms-and-armour/o/Clubs/1899.62.718/

PRM state:...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2011, 06:24 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 16,235
Posted By Billman
The Pitt Rivers Museum's explanation is however,...

The Pitt Rivers Museum's explanation is however, very plausible - but curious that the form with a rearward facing back hook is not common in English billhooks, except for the London Block Hook and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2011, 06:02 PM
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Posted By Billman
Again it is probably just a coincidence, but one...

Again it is probably just a coincidence, but one based on the same principles of what we would today call ergonomic design, i.e. form follows function...

There are similarly shaped billhooks found...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2011, 03:16 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 15,446
Posted By Billman
Hi just found some images from Parker, ref tools...

Hi just found some images from Parker, ref tools from Ceylon...

Just need to remember who Parker is....

Update: Found it - H Parker, Ancient Ceylon 1909 - see...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2011, 02:06 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 46,392
Posted By Billman
French Coupe -marc

Found these two images on Flikr a few days ago - labelled as vousge, a type of bill or pike, i.e. a pole arm, and thought to be 18th century... They are in a museum in Worcester, Massachusetts,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2011, 01:58 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 46,392
Posted By Billman
And don't forget Blakie's hedge scimitar, as...

And don't forget Blakie's hedge scimitar, as mention in Loudon'e treatise of 1860.. although with a long handle and a hooked blade, this is more of a slasher (hedge trimming bill).... see also...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th March 2011, 07:06 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 46,392
Posted By Billman
En France les outils for couper le bois se sont...

En France les outils for couper le bois se sont appellé la 'serpe', c'est à dire billhook on anglais, mais on trouve aussi les 'faucilles à bois'.... 'La serpe' est aussi utilisé pour les autres...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2011, 07:22 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 49,364
Posted By Billman
Many thanks for that - one of the great things...

Many thanks for that - one of the great things about a forum such as this is the vast range of expertise available....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th March 2011, 07:38 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 49,364
Posted By Billman
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid and...

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_of_oak_and_mistletoe you really need to go back to Pliny's original latin text and see what he actually wrote ref the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th March 2011, 07:21 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 28,754
Posted By Billman
Hi Yes this one is also Italian - a mannaia...

Hi
Yes this one is also Italian - a mannaia (which can be any square bladed billhook or meat cleaver - I guess the usage is also interchangeable).
See...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd March 2011, 12:09 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 49,364
Posted By Billman
The origins of the Golden Sickle probably lie in...

The origins of the Golden Sickle probably lie in the bronze bladed sickles that preceded those made of iron, as in this reconstruction (from Germany) the bronze blade is golden when polished - note...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd March 2011, 12:05 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 49,364
Posted By Billman
If the Druids used any tool at all, other than in...

If the Druids used any tool at all, other than in the comic books of Asterix, it would have been a pruning hook of the billhook/sickle type... It is sometimes difficult to classify a tool as a light...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd March 2011, 11:51 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 49,364
Posted By Billman
I would agree - all appear to have two elements,...

I would agree - all appear to have two elements, a curved sickle type blade and an axe type - the difference between these and European double bladed billhooks, is that the axe part is on the front...
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