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Title: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: mart on April 01, 2019, 06:42:14 AM

https://www.kovels.com/discussions/unable-to-identify-b-a-hjorth-co-axe.html

You have to scroll way down for pics !!  Any ideas ?? 

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: Mat on April 01, 2019, 07:05:07 AM

Hi mart, weapons are not my area, but I see Arabic writing on the blade, also the shape and decoration belong to an Islamic country IMO. Could be Ottoman Empire, Persia, Northern India and so on. I guess the handle is a replacement.
Mat

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: mart on April 01, 2019, 08:11:04 AM

Hey Mat !!  Good to see you here again !!   I have no idea !!  It was made and is marked Stockholm, Sweden !!  The handle is painted with the same florals as the blade has !!  What I find unusual is the engraving has flowers and lovebirds on it !!  Not quite what one would think of a tool or a weapon !!  I saw some scrolling but didn`t see anything that looked Arabic but I will look again !!  Thanks !!

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: Mat on April 01, 2019, 01:57:34 PM

The Arabic letters are just on top of the birds. The inscription on the shaft means only that the shaft was made in Sweden.

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: mart on April 01, 2019, 07:28:21 PM

Any idea on the lovebirds ,flowers on the axe head ?? 

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: Mat on April 02, 2019, 01:29:32 AM

These are usually heavily decorated. Here is an Indian example. I will try to find an even closer match.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84432/battle-axe-unknown/

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: Mat on April 02, 2019, 01:36:13 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabar_(axe)

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: Mat on April 03, 2019, 08:05:36 AM

This one is very close IMO: https://www.the-saleroom.com/it-it/auction-catalogues/staceys-auctioneers-and-valuers/catalogue-id-srsta10037/lot-ffc5a133-3227-45c6-9613-a456017035b6

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: KC on April 03, 2019, 10:54:28 PM

I couldn't get any of the pics to open!  :(

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: mart on April 04, 2019, 06:24:27 AM

KC,, There were some problems with all those links !!  If you scroll down farther you will see the pics !! 

Title: Re: Any one with Swedish ancestors out there !! Need opinions on this one !!
Post by: mart on April 06, 2019, 09:22:36 AM

Mat,, I went back and looked at the area you mentioned but I could see no Arabic writing !!  There was some greenery and what appeared to be another animal or bird !!  I can only see the center portion of the blade that looks like it has been sharpened then the tails with the heads on them !!  There was also a stone in the eye of each head !!  If this was a battle axe I think I would want something better designed !! 
Hjorth was a tool maker and had his business in Stockholm !!  He later made other things but his beginning was as a tool manufacturer !!  I doubt he made the handles but he did make the tools !!