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29th November 2011, 11:53 AM
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the 1st one loks like a fokos from the balkans/carpathians. they also come in decorated brass. also known as ciupaga they can have very decorative hafts and engraved heads. defensive walking sticks for those trips to the pub thru the forest at night, for wolves, four legged or two legged. the ciupaga hafts have an alpine spike at the bottom end.
2nd looks like an arabian mussandam axe/walking stick. more modern repro from hungary: top one of my ciupaga: top middle, chromed head my little arabian mussandam jers axe/walking stick: bottom middle my other brass headed ciupaga, sheet brass guard over the edge: bottom |
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30th November 2011, 07:29 AM
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Salaams kronckew, Your axe is indeed from the Musandam however the axe in question is not. It is from the Wahaybah in Oman. Whereas Musandam Jers (or Jirz) are incised and very often inlaid with brass and sometimes silver,(which may have developed because of its Iconic stature; there it is carried as a badge of office as is the Khanjar in other areas of Oman) whilst the Wahaybah(or Wahiibah) axes (qaddum) are not.. In the Wahaybah it is used on camel back... as a camel stick and defensive weapon on a shaft of Ghaf. I often see Jers axes (I have about 20 in my collection) and the wood is Meez which is very hard..The Jers axes are made in Lima and Khasab. The Wahaybay Qaddum are made in Sinaw and a fine description is outlined in the chapter on Musandam in the Omani Cultural Heritage document by Richardson and Dorr and particularly in pages 78 and 79 and covered fully in respect of the Wayhaybah weapon on page 453. Photos show; 1.Musandam map and 2.Jers and 3.Qaddum The bottom qaddum being more or less identical to the axe in question though I have to say I'm unsure as to the other axe in question with a curled sort of handle sprouting from the hammer end... that I think is unrelated ~ possibly Indian?  Regards, Ibrahiim Al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 30th November 2011 at 07:40 AM. |
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30th November 2011, 11:12 AM
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shukran, mu'alim.
you are of course more knowledgeable than i am & i'm grateful for your sharing of it. tasharafna. ma`a as-salaamah. |
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30th November 2011, 03:48 PM
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 Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi |
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30th November 2011, 05:01 PM
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we here are a family of teachers who are also scholars, and scholars who are also teachers. a rather diverse one, but bonded by our seeking for the truth and for beauty, rather than mere genetics.
fi aman allah. (p.s. - we have now pretty much exhausted my anglicized arabic, i can (just) write my name in arabic, but would not even try to read any arabic text.) |
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30th November 2011, 05:09 PM
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You do well to even attempt it and it is a great honour that you do try...Mabruk !!
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30th November 2011, 06:49 PM
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Hello my friends. axes are in the family at least 200 years, but after the war had to use them for tools. The woods are certainly changed since the were for agricultural work. and the scripture had plans to work will surely faded. thank you Stelios
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