ottoman or islamic axe form?

[BerberDagger]

Hi, anyone have pics or books reference on all the islamic axe form ? not only axe head but olso the form of the staff ...

thnak you

[Emanuel]

Hi there,

If you mean Arabian axe forms, read up on the jerz from the Musandam region of Oman (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/916484-Musandam-Axe-The-legend-of-Jerz) It's been discussed on the forum before (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=120590&postcount=13)

Otherwise there are the Indo-Persian axe forms eventually adopted by Ottomans as well.

Emanuel

[estcrh]

Hi, anyone have pics or books reference on all the islamic axe form ? not only axe head but olso the form of the staff ...

thnak you

You can see quite a few varieties here.
http://www.pinterest.com/samuraiantiques/indo-persian-mace-flail-war-hammer-and-axe/

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Hi, anyone have pics or books reference on all the islamic axe form ? not only axe head but olso the form of the staff ...

thnak you

Salaams BerberDagger~ For references I suggest The Craft Heritage of Oman by Richardson and Dorr and our own thread already mentioned at post #13 on http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13791&highlight=jerz

I have been trying to get an exhibit from Musandam that is claimed to be a wootz head Jerz... and of the battle axe size about the size of a mans hand... much bigger than the usual quite small forms.

I also understand that the curator at the Al Ain Museum has a treatise on the subject of Jers axes and based on quite a collection though as yet I have not seen it...

Further axes can be seen on http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12134&highlight=wallace

A brilliant thread!

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[spiral]

Salaams BerberDagger~ For references I suggest The Craft Heritage of Oman by Richardson and Dorr and our own thread already mentioned at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showp...90&postcount=13

I have been trying to get an exhibit from Musandam that is claimed to be a wootz head Jerz... and of the battle axe size about the size of a mans hand... much bigger than the usual quite small forms.

I also understand that the curator at the Al Ain Museum has a treatise on the subject of Jers axes and based on quite a collection though as yet I have not seen it...

Further axes can be seen on http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showt...LACE+COLLECTION A brilliant thread!

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.


You're Links don't seem to be working correctly Ibrahim?



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[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

You're Links don't seem to be working correctly Ibrahim?



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Salaams spiral ~ Fixed now Sir !
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[Horsa]

Spiral there does not seem to be a single treatise. In any book on Islamic arms and armour you tend to get a couple of pages devoted to maces and axes but Ive never come across a work that discusses the evolution of the weapon over time for the different cultures and includes the major examples.

If one were produced I would be first on the order list. Judging from the pin interest pages Im not alone in being very interested in these types of weapons.


Horsa

[spiral]

Salaams spiral ~ Fixed now Sir !
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.


Bonjour Ibrahiim!

Indeed! Thank you!

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[spiral]

Spiral there does not seem to be a single treatise. In any book on Islamic arms and armour you tend to get a couple of pages devoted to maces and axes but Ive never come across a work that discusses the evolution of the weapon over time for the different cultures and includes the major examples.

If one were produced I would be first on the order list. Judging from the pin interest pages Im not alone in being very interested in these types of weapons.


Horsa


Hi Horsa, I think your repley is for Berber Dagger rather than myself? :shrug:

But thank you anyway! :)

spiral