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Einar Drønnesund





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PostPosted: Sat 10 Sep, 2011 3:21 am    Post subject: I need information on the Bardiche         Reply with quote

I'm thinking of making one for my next project. Does anyone here have an approximate weight for one, and measurements for the blade? Wikipedia says it was usually mounted on a 5 foot haft, making it very short for a polearm, but I'm guessing it would easily be 6 feet total length including the part of the blade that goes past the haft.

I'm thinking of making either one like this:



The blade looks really thin, and if its not a trick of the light, it appears to have a reinforced tip for thrusting.



Or like this one, on the left:



By the way, are those rivets I see at the back of the poll on the last one? (bigger image, so you can see it more clearly) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Bardiche.jpg
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Bartek Strojek




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PostPosted: Sat 10 Sep, 2011 4:53 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Well, here you have 3 Russian ones - with lenght of blade and length of the whole thing for comparison.

http://www.muzeumwp.pl/emwpaedia/berdysze-moskiewskie.php

For what it's worth.
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Einar Drønnesund





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PostPosted: Sat 10 Sep, 2011 7:08 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Bartek Strojek wrote:
Well, here you have 3 Russian ones - with lenght of blade and length of the whole thing for comparison.

http://www.muzeumwp.pl/emwpaedia/berdysze-moskiewskie.php

For what it's worth.


Thats worth quite a lot, actually. Thank you very much Happy Nice to see the variation in size between the three. I like the studded langets on the middle one.
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Danny Grigg





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PostPosted: Fri 16 Sep, 2011 10:33 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

There's one in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Hopefully this link will work:

http://www.clevelandart.org/collections/colle...highlights

Bardiche (Pole Axe)
Germany or Russia, 16th century

Date: 1500s

Medium: steel, leather, brass; wood haft

Dimensions: Overall - l:178.50 cm (l:70 1/4 inches) Wt: 1.66 kg Blade - w:14.20 l:60.20 cm (w:5 9/16 l:23 11/16 inches)

Department: Medieval Art

Type of art work: Arms and Armor

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance

Accession No.: 1916.1563

Location: Gallery 210


Full length pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thoog/3529007578/

Danny
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Einar Drønnesund





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PostPosted: Sat 17 Sep, 2011 12:33 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Danny Grigg wrote:
There's one in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Hopefully this link will work:

http://www.clevelandart.org/collections/colle...highlights

Bardiche (Pole Axe)
Germany or Russia, 16th century

Date: 1500s

Medium: steel, leather, brass; wood haft

Dimensions: Overall - l:178.50 cm (l:70 1/4 inches) Wt: 1.66 kg Blade - w:14.20 l:60.20 cm (w:5 9/16 l:23 11/16 inches)

Department: Medieval Art

Type of art work: Arms and Armor

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance

Accession No.: 1916.1563

Location: Gallery 210


Full length pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thoog/3529007578/

Danny


Thank you, that is great Happy And yes, the links work.
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