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M ELEY · 11th September 2016, 01:30 AM

David, your page looks great and I'm so glad you created it for us naval enthusiasts to use as a source for research. Good luck with the Russian Imperial naval pieces.

So what about the Indian sub-continent!

I assume they used British pattern axes...or did they have them at all? Have you seen that Indian combination blunderbus/ax in 'Weaponry: An Illustrated History" by Chuck Wills, pg.165? I suspect this is a boarding piece. The book isn't very good, with some mislabeling, etc, but there were a few interesting pics, the ax being one of them.

11th September 2016, 01:30 AM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,158	David, your page looks great and I'm so glad you created it for us naval enthusiasts to use as a source for research. Good luck with the Russian Imperial naval pieces. So what about the Indian sub-continent! I assume they used British pattern axes...or did they have them at all? Have you seen that Indian combination blunderbus/ax in 'Weaponry: An Illustrated History" by Chuck Wills, pg.165? I suspect this is a boarding piece. The book isn't very good, with some mislabeling, etc, but there were a few interesting pics, the ax being one of them.