Indian axe

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Another well seasoned collector once told me years ago, that virtually none of the various 'battle axes' he had ever examined had been sharpened, a most telling factor in determining their actual purpose . Also, various references noted that the crescent shape head was not a favored type for actual combat.

Also, I am curious about lanyards on these, most examples I have looked into do not have such a feature, and I would like to know of examples that do.

Here are a couple of crescent shaped axe with loops for a lanyard, besides an obvious hole in the shaft or a loop at the end of the shaft you have to look for an enlarged butt that a lanyard could be tied around, some axe have a completely straight shaft with no means of attachment for a lanyard, these were obviously not meant to hang from a saddle, Collin's axe seems to be of this type.

The last image is what would be I consider to be a real "battle axe" / "tabar-zin", not dull, it has a lanyard loop, not overly elaborate.

#1. Persian axe.
#2. Persian axe.
#3. Persian axe, shaft end.
#4. Indian axe, shaft end, (Colins).
#5. Indian axe.