I'm trying to figure out the origin and age of this pollaxe. Does anybody know of any similar or other information? The curator does not belive it´s an 19th century copy and appreciates it to be at least 200 years old. There is one similar in the wallace collection, A925, and a fight manual by Peter Falkner.

Description:
(translated by me and google translate)

DIMENSIONS
Length : 2245 mm
Width: 225 mm
Length :blade 417 mm
Weight : 2101 g

Straight stabbing point of diamond cross section and rectangular base . Ax blade with convex edge and pointed ends . The edges extended to a low point. The hook pointed with a straight bottom and sloping upper side . The point of the hook wider and closest quadrilateral . At the cross a side tip, 41 mm long and quadrilateral . On the opposite side a threaded hole . Open socket in the form of two wider rails , L 120mm , fastened with two rivets continuing in 520 mm long, narrow rails with pointed end . Originally attached with five rivets each ( three missing) . This is also posted on the armsandarmour forum.

Pollaxe - picture from the museum


More pictures from the museum


Regards
Kim

*edit : sorry for the bad links, better pictures added,

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