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1st March 2013, 07:23 PM
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I liked the last one (hammer head). Have a bunch of fokos myself. Have you seen the current production "tactical fokos" by United Cutlery? http://www.knivesanddefensedepot.com...nse/UC2905.jpg
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1st March 2013, 08:17 PM
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Wow! Glad I resurrected this old thread! I didn't know the difference between ciapaga versus the fokos, the latter of which I'd heard of. I especially like the bullova, an ax used by the Wild Tribes in the Chotta Nagpur region of India. Always thought of getting one for a conversation piece! Thanks for posting the pic of that Brit fire ax. Here, we can see the general pattern of the evolved boarding ax as a fire tool, but with a thinner blade and spike. Appreciate it, gents!
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1st March 2013, 09:01 PM
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2nd March 2013, 11:20 AM
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more along the lines of this forum,
here is how my latest 3 fokos heads were made in hungary: Youtube: Fokos Making His forge is made to closely match a real medieval design. this is about as close as you can get to the real thing. his heads are (mostly) based on historical designs. i see he's added my warhammer design to his product list on his website  it's sort of historical 
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2nd March 2013, 12:22 PM
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This is not a smith, but a Mister Smith
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