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Lloyd Clark




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PostPosted: Thu 22 Dec, 2005 8:19 am    Post subject: Ebay Warhammer - Anyone ever seen a grip like this?         Reply with quote

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem...otohosting

I don't believe that I have ever seen a grip such as this on a period weapon. Has anyone else?

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Allan Senefelder
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PostPosted: Thu 22 Dec, 2005 8:38 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hey Lloyd, I can't say that I have but I wonder if it was meant to be covered in leather and then have maybe twisted wire run round the sotting. Could also be a later replacement , we had one coem in that way(it actually had Kiwi leather boot lace wrapped around the handle).

Got the pics from the summer by the way. Thanks alot for getting them to me.
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C. Stackhouse




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PostPosted: Thu 22 Dec, 2005 9:39 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

That looks to be a kind of mock-braid.
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Steve Maly




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PostPosted: Thu 22 Dec, 2005 2:37 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I've seen that very handle on medieval BMX bike handlebars! If original, I have no idea as to the origin.
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PostPosted: Thu 22 Dec, 2005 11:15 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I canŽt say anything about the authenticity of the axe, but the type of filework you see on the grip is something youŽll find on daggers and also later era C&T swords.
It can be covered in leather, or left plain wood. Sometimes the high spots are adorned with inlayed dots of ivory or stag, or sometimes with studs of metal.
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Allan Senefelder
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PostPosted: Tue 27 Dec, 2005 8:26 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Lloyd, i'll give you a little more of a hands on evaluation after this axe gets here in a week or two.
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Christopher Citty




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PostPosted: Wed 28 Dec, 2005 5:42 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

You know, I've been looking at those warhammer pics and it strikes me....the handle would look much better on a battle axe. Laughing Out Loud
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