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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons
Yes Hungarian.  Whats wrong with that  .  |
I can see the possibility of Eastern European, but I'm struggling to see them as mere 'utility' axes.
My reasoning:
The shape of the cutting edge and narrowness of the blade doesn't make for good kindling splitting.
The smaller of the two doesn't even have a cutting edge thats parallel to the shaft (see pic below)
Despite the simplicity of the punched decoration, these are quite an elaborate piece of metalworking, far more than I would expect from a ulitity piece.
I don't know, perhaps I just hope that you are wrong on that and they are 'battle axes'.
Best
Gene