Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Early polearm or Lochaber axe or something else ?

cornelistromp · 16th November 2019, 01:36 PM

Hi Jean Luc,

I presume this is a so called whale blubber meat cutter with characteristic rounded point and eyes with a distance from the blade. 18 or 19thC

early halberds have a sharp spike and eyes close to the blade.

best,
jasper

16th November 2019, 01:36 PM	#4
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,058	Hi Jean Luc, I presume this is a so called whale blubber meat cutter with characteristic rounded point and eyes with a distance from the blade. 18 or 19thC early halberds have a sharp spike and eyes close to the blade. best, jasper Attached Images