1570 German hunter's axe - photo

**Altair** · May 9, 2021, 03:42 PM

1570 German hunter's axe.

Previously:

19th century Congolese axe - photo
Persian battle axe - photo
1500s Italian gilded battle axe - photo
Minoan votive double axe - photo
15th century gold-inlaid poleaxe - photo

**dsjhomestead** · May 9, 2021, 04:59 PM

That carving and etching work...

Tools that are a work of art are amazing.

**NortonDommi** · May 9, 2021, 07:34 PM

Must have been a very wealthy hunter!

**Toolmaker51** · May 19, 2021, 06:46 PM

Carving, ivory inlay, and engraving? Very ostentatious, indeed. Wealthy hunter maybe, or a devoted spouse. But likely never went afield. Might prove existence of man-caves by 1570's though.
Too short-hafted to be labeled 'axe'. Barely deserves 'hatchet', you'd rap your knuckles on the smallest twig!

**dsjhomestead** · May 19, 2021, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Carving, ivory inlay, and engraving? Very ostentatious, indeed. Wealthy hunter maybe, or a devoted spouse. But likely never went afield. Might prove existence of man-caves by 1570's though.
Too short-hafted to be labeled 'axe'. Barely deserves 'hatchet', you'd rap your knuckles on the smallest twig!

This was in the same time period that the landsknechte were being murder hoboes throughout the HRE. It might have been a Landsnechte Officer's tool/possession. Cause those guys dressed ultra flamboyently, and maintained their wealth in what they could carry.