Early European arms captured by the Ottomans

[ashoka]

wishful thinking but I don't believe this is the same halberd, the tip is broken off and the shape of the last serration at the back is quite different... I would assume many would have the mark in the same place on the backspike?

[Swordfish]

The tip of the halberd 7 is a bit reshaped, the mark is not only at the same position, it is the same mark (only visible on the original scan of the panoply with a magnifying glass). The lower cog has a roundet tip (this was surely pointed when the halberd was new), the two cogs above have pointed tips.
What you need more?

[ashoka]

The mark would be the same if it's from the same workshop ?I meant the valley between the last serrations is different, you can't reshape that without adding metal. My apologies for doubting

[cornelistromp]

Originally Posted by ashoka

The mark would be the same if it's from the same workshop ?I meant the valley between the last serrations is different, you can't reshape that without adding metal. My apologies for doubting

there is no metal-metal added, it is removed and the latter curve has been re-shaped.
Even the dark discoloration effected in the metal match.
the outline corresponds, the mark and the mark postition corresponds.
the rivet holes, the fault line, the dents on the edge corresponds.
the corners of the spurs corresponds. ......and so on.......

this is not mass production each Halberd, even from the same workshop, is unique. It is very unlikely, read impossible , that there exist two identical halberds!
there are so many similarities that there is absolutely no doubt that this is one and the same halberd.

best,

[ashoka]

Ok I bow to greater enthusiasm, they do look very similar

[Swordfish]

Originally Posted by cornelistromp

there is no metal-metal added, it is removed and the latter curve has been re-shaped.
Even the dark discoloration effected in the metal match.
the outline corrsponds, the mark and the mark postition corresponds.
the rivet holes, the fault line, the dents on the edge corresponds.
the corners of the spurs corresponds. ......and so on.......

this is not mass production each Halberd, even from the same workshop, is unique. It is very unlikely, read impossible , that there exist two identical halberds!
there are so many similarities that there is absolutely no doubt that this is one and the same halberd.

best,

Thanks Cornelistromp,
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Best