rare medieval weapon against heavy Armour.

[cornelistromp]

I found a very interesting thread from vikingsword out of 2002.

its about a very heavy two handed medieval weapon.

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000070.html

(I don't know if this old link can be copied to European Armoury)

best regards from Holland

[cornelistromp]

Pictures from Maciejowski Bible 1250AD

[cornelistromp]

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[cornelistromp]

from own collection!

Can somebody provide some info concerning the cross mark?

thanks+regards

[katana]

Hi Cornelistromp,
the item looks to be more agricultural than a weapon, although a number of agricultural tools were utilised as weapons.

Unfortunately, there seems to be evidence of arc welding , a recent repair ? or worse ....an attempt to deceive. It is therefore possible that the 'blade' and the 'tang' section were originally not together.

Kind Regards David

[cornelistromp]

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[cornelistromp]

Originally Posted by katana

Hi Cornelistromp,
the item looks to be more agricultural than a weapon, although a number of agricultural tools were utilised as weapons.

Unfortunately, there seems to be evidence of arc welding , a recent repair ? or worse ....an attempt to deceive. It is therefore possible that the 'blade' and the 'tang' section were originally not together.

Kind Regards David

Hi David,
Agricultural tool,can you tell me for what purpose , have you seen something similar, maybe you can post in this thread ?

on the pictures it looks like welding because of the relief however
there are absolute no traces of welding, the parts have been hammered together when it was made approx 700 years ago.

Best regards