isizenze - or not?

kronckew · 31st October 2015, 07:04 PM

won't know till it arrives. i was noticing that myself. hope it's a forge hammer weld or maybe a pitted area. i used irfanview to auto-correct the colours which were a bit dull in the originals, so the color is likely a bit off. anyway, it was not noted with any repairs in the vendor's spiel, so i can only hope....

Tim Simmons · 31st October 2015, 07:14 PM

The wood handle is not old and does not strike me as traditional South African Zulu work. Looks more northern to me. The axe blade might have some age.

kronckew · 31st October 2015, 07:19 PM

the blade join from the original vendor pics, no colour corrections, just enlarged a bit. not brassy looking, could be the join where it was hammer welded on one side. time will tell...

i read somewhere the northern shona in zimbabwe carved their hafts. the chequering over runs on this lead me to believe it was not a practised hand.

as long as it's NOT braised, i'll be a happy bunny. if it is, dems da breaks, will make a nice wall hanger. didn't pay a fortune for it.

31st October 2015, 07:19 PM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,239	the blade join from the original vendor pics, no colour corrections, just enlarged a bit. not brassy looking, could be the join where it was hammer welded on one side. time will tell... i read somewhere the northern shona in zimbabwe carved their hafts. the chequering over runs on this lead me to believe it was not a practised hand. as long as it's NOT braised, i'll be a happy bunny. if it is, dems da breaks, will make a nice wall hanger. didn't pay a fortune for it. Attached Images

31st October 2015, 07:04 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,239	won't know till it arrives. i was noticing that myself. hope it's a forge hammer weld or maybe a pitted area. i used irfanview to auto-correct the colours which were a bit dull in the originals, so the color is likely a bit off. anyway, it was not noted with any repairs in the vendor's spiel, so i can only hope....

31st October 2015, 07:14 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,876	The wood handle is not old and does not strike me as traditional South African Zulu work. Looks more northern to me. The axe blade might have some age.