East European war hammer

awdaniec666 · 15th March 2023, 11:37 PM

Hi Andreas,

overall this looks good. However I am a bit sceptical when it comes to red rust (= Fresh rust) and would take it´s recent wherabouts into consideration. It would be fine if it came out of the earth recently or from a very old attic.

Stylistically these came in a wide range of phenotypes and were used not only in Poland or Hungary but surely in whole Central- to East Europe in that form. The name for this in Poland and Hungary is "Nadziak" (This is the Polish version but the Hungarian is very similar; phonetically: nad̠͡ʑak). Decorated versions, like yours, would have eventually been more used in civil life than in battles due to the likelihood of loss and damage.

I would suggest to clean it via electrolysis to prevent possible compromitation of precious metals underneath the oxidation layer.

Best,
Patrick

15th March 2023, 11:37 PM	#2
awdaniec666 Member Join Date: May 2021 Location: Central Europe Posts: 174	Hi Andreas, overall this looks good. However I am a bit sceptical when it comes to red rust (= Fresh rust) and would take it´s recent wherabouts into consideration. It would be fine if it came out of the earth recently or from a very old attic. Stylistically these came in a wide range of phenotypes and were used not only in Poland or Hungary but surely in whole Central- to East Europe in that form. The name for this in Poland and Hungary is "Nadziak" (This is the Polish version but the Hungarian is very similar; phonetically: nad̠͡ʑak). Decorated versions, like yours, would have eventually been more used in civil life than in battles due to the likelihood of loss and damage. I would suggest to clean it via electrolysis to prevent possible compromitation of precious metals underneath the oxidation layer. Best, Patrick Last edited by awdaniec666; 15th March 2023 at 11:49 PM.