otoman pic axe and war hammer or persian ??

[broadaxe]

These are mostly Sudanese Mehdi period arms, made in the Ottoman and Persian style. They look 'almost' as good, the steel is decent, but the tumb-print is the very light silver koftgari that dades away easily. Good koftgari of a similar theme & technique usualy indicates a recent made.

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by broadaxe

These are mostly Sudanese Mehdi period arms, made in the Ottoman and Persian style. They look 'almost' as good, the steel is decent, but the tumb-print is the very light silver koftgari that dades away easily. Good koftgari of a similar theme & technique usualy indicates a recent made.

An interesting idea, if this is true then they are certainly not recently made, that time period would date them to the late 1800s.

Here is another similar war pick.