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Nathan F
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 Posted: Mon 02 Aug, 2010 11:24 am Post subject: looking for reenactment pollaxe makers |
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hi all i spent the summer looking through shows to see if i could find one for combat use sadly i did not find any. i have a specific type in mind. i only want european makers as shipping will be high. its paramount it will be made safe for use and would be better if i can discuss what i want with the maker. if i can find ones for sale even better. im looking for one with an axe face and a hammer face with a decent rounded spike and butt spike.
so can anyone help me?
for here starts war carrion birds sing, and grey wolves howl
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Lloyd Clark
Location: Beaver Dam, WI Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Mon 02 Aug, 2010 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Contact Tom at Combatant's Keep (http://www.combatantskeep.com/) he had an awesome poleax at last Friday's joust event in Wisconsin that he fought with.
He hand makes all of them personally and they completely rock!
Cheers,
Lloyd Clark
2000 World Jousting Champion
2004 World Jousting Bronze Medalist
Swordmaster
Super Proud Husband and Father!
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Nathan F
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| Posted: Tue 03 Aug, 2010 11:34 am Post subject: |
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thanks for the suggestion i really am grateful for any help.
for here starts war carrion birds sing, and grey wolves howl
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Felix R.
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There are plenty of European makers too.
Look at the lot of british makers. There is at least one I buy my staff arms from in Germany. And Eastern Europe has some makers too.
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Nathan F
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| Posted: Tue 03 Aug, 2010 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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could you list some?
for here starts war carrion birds sing, and grey wolves howl
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Felix R.
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Well, my trusted smith is Manfred Pany: http://www.manfred-pany.de/ He does pices to your order
Dressed to Kill from the UK does them: http://www.dtok.fsnet.co.uk/ (No experience myself, but I heard good from other people)
Arma Bohemia dictributes the work from different smiths: http://www.armabohemia.cz/index.htm
I am sure there are more. Ben van Koert once talked about some dutch makers, maybe you can look up his threads.
There are plenty more, that I donīt have all the website and names for.
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Florian Fischer
Location: Germany Joined: 07 Apr 2010
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Hi. I ordered a pollaxe from www.lightswords.cz . This guy does not have any catalogue-pieces, but produces only custom orders. I havenīt seen py pollaxe right now, but his other weapons look awesome and he is really cheap. The pollaxe with an axeblade at the front, a hammerhead at the backside an a rounded spike on top, everything rounded for free-fighting, costs ca. 130,- Euros. He even managed to build it with a max. weight of 2,0 kg at a lenght of ca. 1,80m, what allows me to use this nice piece of weaponry in several free-fight tournaments.
Just check his homepage...
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Nathan F
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hi florian with a price like that i may wait and see what yours turns out like. any idea when it might arrive? and when it does would you mind posting pictures and a review?
for here starts war carrion birds sing, and grey wolves howl
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Florian Fischer
Location: Germany Joined: 07 Apr 2010
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It will hopefully arrive within the next two weeks . Of course, I will post some pics and write a short review.
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Nathan F
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| Posted: Wed 04 Aug, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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excellent i look forward to reading it.
for here starts war carrion birds sing, and grey wolves howl
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