Polish war hammer Oxford

[awdaniec666]

Originally Posted by kronckew

How does mine fall in the above categories?
I've thought it was an obuzek.

I noticed afterwards that I forgot a detail: The Czekan can have a spike- or hammer-head.. Thought nobody would notice

Per definitionem your object is a "Czekan" in the Polish classification without looking on details like age or origin. I am more than sure that f.e. Persians got their own names for very similar weapons. Hungarians have - as far as I remember correctly - a pretty similar name to "Czekan" for that object.

Obuszek and Nadziak stay like depicted and have little to no alternations in general.

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by awdaniec666

I noticed afterwards that I forgot a detail: The Czekan can have a spike- or hammer-head.. Thought nobody would notice

Per definitionem your object is a "Czekan" in the Polish classification without looking on details like age or origin. I am more than sure that f.e. Persians got their own names for very similar weapons. Hungarians have - as far as I remember correctly - a pretty similar name to "Czekan" for that object.

Obuszek and Nadziak stay like depicted and have little to no alternations in general.

Many Thanks -Vielen Danke.
I've renamed the file on my PC accordingly.

[grendolino]

In contemporary sources one may find that "obuszek" evolved from "nadziak" by replacing the spike with more round shape (in fact "obuszek" means any blunt part of the weapon in Polish).
The obuszek replaced nadziak after the changes in law in 18th century when nadziak was banned from wearing as personal weapon by szlachta during the meetings because the blow with nadziak was quicker and more fatal then drawing the sword...during the political argument.
Later on obuszek evolved in longer form and served as the walking stick for "szlachcic".