Boarding axe.... in "Storia dell'arma bianca italiana" - Cesare Calamandre.

CutlassCollector · 27th May 2013, 05:19 PM

Hi all, even Jim's extensive library could not help so I'm repeating my request for anyone with a copy of:

Storia dell'arma bianca italiana: Da Waterlo al nuovo millennio, by Cesare Calamandre

to let me know so that I can check a reference to an Italian Boarding axe. I have a picture so it may not be necessary to translate from the Italian as well.
Thanks, CC.

ps: Mark, I have sent you a pm.

Jim McDougall · 28th May 2013, 07:05 PM

C'mon guys, the gauntlet has been thrown down.....even the bookmobile couldnt get this one

There must be somebody out there with this reference.

M ELEY · 30th May 2013, 10:04 AM

Hello David. Sorry I missed your earlier PM. I have posted a message for you. Thanks! Sorry I don't have the reference you mentioned.
Mark

Dmitry · 3rd June 2013, 03:02 PM

I have that book. What exactly are you looking for? I don't understand your question.

CutlassCollector · 3rd June 2013, 09:11 PM

Hi Dmitry,

Thanks for responding - I have sent you a pm with the details.
Regards,

CC

Dmitry · 4th June 2013, 03:36 PM

I misread your post, I thought you wrote that you had the picture of the Italian axe from the Calamandrei book...so here it is.

CutlassCollector · 4th June 2013, 07:01 PM

Many thanks, Dmitry.
That's exactly what I needed.

Thank you.
Regards, CC.

Dmitry · 5th June 2013, 12:07 AM

No problem. Glad to have been helpful.

I had an axe similar to that one construction-wise.
The head was a little bigger than the axes in Boarders Away.
I have seen them described on the internets as WWI Italian army corps of engineers axes or trench-making picks and such.

27th May 2013, 05:19 PM	#1
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 321	Boarding axe.... in "Storia dell'arma bianca italiana" - Cesare Calamandre. Hi all, even Jim's extensive library could not help so I'm repeating my request for anyone with a copy of: Storia dell'arma bianca italiana: Da Waterlo al nuovo millennio, by Cesare Calamandre to let me know so that I can check a reference to an Italian Boarding axe. I have a picture so it may not be necessary to translate from the Italian as well. Thanks, CC. ps: Mark, I have sent you a pm.

4th June 2013, 03:36 PM	#6
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	I misread your post, I thought you wrote that you had the picture of the Italian axe from the Calamandrei book...so here it is. Attached Images

5th June 2013, 12:07 AM	#8
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	No problem. Glad to have been helpful. I had an axe similar to that one construction-wise. The head was a little bigger than the axes in Boarders Away. I have seen them described on the internets as WWI Italian army corps of engineers axes or trench-making picks and such. Attached Images

28th May 2013, 07:05 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,747	C'mon guys, the gauntlet has been thrown down.....even the bookmobile couldnt get this one There must be somebody out there with this reference.

30th May 2013, 10:04 AM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Hello David. Sorry I missed your earlier PM. I have posted a message for you. Thanks! Sorry I don't have the reference you mentioned. Mark

3rd June 2013, 03:02 PM	#4
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	I have that book. What exactly are you looking for? I don't understand your question.

3rd June 2013, 09:11 PM	#5
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 321	Hi Dmitry, Thanks for responding - I have sent you a pm with the details. Regards, CC

4th June 2013, 07:01 PM	#7
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 321	Many thanks, Dmitry. That's exactly what I needed. Thank you. Regards, CC.