Polish war hammer Oxford

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by awdaniec666

Hey there!

The classification is simple. I did my best to sketch that with Microsofts Paint in a minute. 1 = Nadziak 2 = Obuszek 3= Czekan

I would like to add that Poland and Hungary are located in Europe, Poland even in Central Europe, despite constant neglect in Western media for years.

Best, P.

Thanks for the elucidation, and for clarifying my faux paux by the unfortunate use of the always clearly defined regional term, 'Europe' and inadvertent exclusion of Poland and Hungary. My wording should have noted that the later use of these 'war hammers' ,which were apparently always classified by these distinct terms for each, with certain features was after cessation of use elsewhere in other countries. Obviously I should also have included that there MAY have been some exceptions.

In references to many weapon forms historically it does seem that there were often cases of terms for certain weapons of particular forms which were referred to in an 'indiscriminate manner involving terms more commonly used elsewhere. As noted in one reference, "...clear distinction among these types and accurate use of the names developed only with time".

It is good that you have offered a simple solution to remedy the misuse of terms for each type of these war hammers by many writers and sometimes artists. The case of the war hammer in Rembrandt' painting "The Polish Rider" is a good example as the consternation over who the rider was, what was his true nationality, what sort of weapons and dress, and even who painted this, and when? remains prevalent (or so it seems in my opinion).

While the profound dearth of awareness on Poland and Hungary in the west is indeed staggering, I have struggled to gain some knowledge on these countries so your clarification of their categoric location is much appreciated as well as proper classification for these war hammers as discussed.