Medieval axes? or 1700/1800?

[Itaca]

Hi friends, know that the images are ugly unfortunately...you excuse.
Despite this you know me to say to say the period of these two axes?
The first measure in total around 60/70 centimeters.

The second (This interests a lot me...!!!) in the ugliest photo, only the part of the iron, measure around 50 centimeters.


Thanks

[Roland_M]

Hello,

the blade on the right side is an executioner's axe. The age is hard to judge, these kind of tools were still used in the early 20th century.
The shape and overall condition seems to be medieval.

Regards Roland

[corrado26]

such axes are in use also still today by carpenters and coopers
corrado26

[fernando]

Hello,

the blade on the right side is an executioner's axe.
Are you sure, Roland ? :confused:

[broadaxe]

1st axe is an Hungarian style butcher cleaver, judging its size and long integral socket/langet it is a super-size splitter for quartering. They were made in this shape untill WWII.

2nd & 3rd appear to be the same axe from different angles, it is a german-style quartering axe (for the same purpose as the first one). Unlike the other examples posted later on, with off-centered or canted blades made solely for wood-shaping and hewing, the profile is similar but the blade is centered, and there are some additional small differences.
Same form of axes were also used for execution in Germany and Austria, slightly larger. Mind that last beheading by axe in Austria was in 1938.

[Roland_M]

Are you sure, Roland ? :confused:

Hello Fernando,

no i am not, not more than a guess. I saw some similar blades as executioner's axes.

But i know, that they used short axes for executions in Germany, in Berlin for example, still in the 20th century (up to around 1920).

I have problems to add a picture, so here is the link to a german medieval executioner's axe (Henkerbeil): http://heimatmuseum-oldesloe.de/content/henkerbeiljpg

Sorry, if i am wrong, this is not my main area of interest.

Regards Roland