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Your Reply: HTML is OFF UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by brdaxe01: [B]I think these huge blade must be thin in order to be lite enough to be swung on the battlefield, sometimes all day long. Lite enough also to be quick for attacking & blocking. I once handled a 1500's doloire (waggoner's axe) which was the first true poleaxe I ever touched for real and I was surprised by its lite weight; since then I made some reading and testings. I have an 18th century french Voulge with a blade lenth of 60cm, 10 to 15cm wide and only 5mm thick at the spine.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="95%"><TR bgcolor="#2f2f4f"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#DEDFDF"><TD valign=top>brdaxe01</TD><TD>Could somebody provide good pics of true Lochaber axes (from Scottish public collections etc.) + dimensions? thanks</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#F7F7F7"><TD valign=top>Thomas McDonald</TD><TD>Here's a page from John Wallace's book "Scottish Sword & Dirks" which show a couple of original Lochaber axes, with some info about them ! Mac <IMG SRC="http://www.ezshots.com/members/mcdonaldthomas/images/mcdonaldthomas-667.jpg"> ------------------ 'Gott Bewahr Die Oprechte Schotten'</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#DEDFDF"><TD valign=top>Thomas McDonald</TD><TD>More Lochabers ... from David Caldwell's book, "Scottish Weapons & Fortifications 1100-1800" Mac <IMG SRC="http://www.ezshots.com/members/mcdonaldthomas/images/mcdonaldthomas-668.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://www.ezshots.com/members/mcdonaldthomas/images/mcdonaldthomas-669.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://www.ezshots.com/members/mcdonaldthomas/images/mcdonaldthomas-670.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://www.ezshots.com/members/mcdonaldthomas/images/mcdonaldthomas-671.jpg"> ------------------ 'Gott Bewahr Die Oprechte Schotten'[This message has been edited by Thomas McDonald (edited 09-02-2002).]</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#F7F7F7"><TD valign=top>brdaxe01</TD><TD>Thanks Thomas! The two large speciments on your first pic appear also in the book "Battle Axes" by James D. Gamble. He states there that one of them has a 30" long blade. Is it correct?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#DEDFDF"><TD valign=top>Paul Wagner</TD><TD>On dimentions, be aware that the vast majority of shafts on existing examples aren't original. There are two contemporary 18th century pictures of Highland Loch. axes, which show them on shafts of about 8 feet long. The only one I've ever got to hold had a very light, very thin (2-3mm) blade.Paul</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#F7F7F7"><TD valign=top>brdaxe01</TD><TD>I think these huge blade must be thin in order to be lite enough to be swung on the battlefield, sometimes all day long. Lite enough also to be quick for attacking & blocking. I once handled a 1500's doloire (waggoner's axe) which was the first true poleaxe I ever touched for real and I was surprised by its lite weight; since then I made some reading and testings. I have an 18th century french Voulge with a blade lenth of 60cm, 10 to 15cm wide and only 5mm thick at the spine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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