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SLS
15th November 2012, 11:12 AM
Hello, again.
I know, it is not a weapon, but a simple tool...Which could become a weapon anytime.
It comes from South-West Roumania, from a mining region. Hand made by a village smith, I presume, old and used.

bye

S.L.

trenchwarfare
15th November 2012, 07:58 PM
Looks like a "froe" to me. A tool used to make cedar shakes (shingles). Held in one hand, and drived down through the block of wood, with a mallet. Note the "mushrooming" on the spine of the blade.

SLS
15th November 2012, 08:26 PM
Hello and thanks for the feedback. Yes, it could be such a tool, I guess - I see the resemblance with other objects (internet pictures). It lookes very much like an old miner's tool as well, thus the confusion. Never thought of it this way, as here people use rather a scraper for schingles. I must reconsider this, thanks again.

S.L.

SLS
15th November 2012, 09:59 PM
Latest news say that the tool could come from a croatian village in S-W Roumania, a mountain village where the houses used to be built from wood - well, what else? Thus for, I guess the title of this thread should be changed to ”Old carpenter's tool, from SW Roumania”.

thank you!

S.L.