15th century War Hammer made by Museum Replicas for sale

[Sir Wolf]

found this on another forum

http://frontierfolk.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=35528

This is a 15th century War Hammer made by Museum Replicas, it was called the New War Hammer in their catalog and sold for 124.99, this one still has the original price stickers on it. They closed out the last ones at 89.99 I picked up 2 of them. It weighs 2 1/2 pounds, forged from carbon steel. I know a steel drum will not stand up to it at all. I thought the hammer head could be forged into a hawk head and the top spike cut off.
overall it's 26 1/2" long, head from front to back spike is 5 7/8". It's mounted on a hardwood shaft with a buttcap. it's a very heave duty,nice made piece.
$47.00 shipped with delivery confirmation  Payment by postal money order or I can take paypal also.

[Allan Senefelder]

I'm not 100% on this but I thought I rememembered maybe Chad Arno on myarmoury doing a haft replacement on one of these I think that came out nice.

[Sir Rodney]

The thread you're thinking of was Sean Flynt's Pollaxe/Streithammer Project on myA.  This was the thread that got me off my rear and finish Hafting my Poleaxe Head.  Sean does some outstanding modification and DIY stuff.

He's dropped it to $45 shipped.  Wow, that's a great price!

[Sir Edward]

The thread you're thinking of was Sean Flynt's Pollaxe/Streithammer Project on myA.  This was the thread that got me off my rear and finish Hafting my Poleaxe Head.  Sean does some outstanding modification and DIY stuff.

That reminds me, I still need to haft my GDFB heads as well. Ah, projects are never done.

[Sir William]

That's a nice hammer...been wanting one too.  Not sure about those side spikes though...wouldn't they dig into your hips?

[Sir Rodney]

That's a nice hammer...been wanting one too.  Not sure about those side spikes though...wouldn't they dig into your hips?

The short answer is "yes".  You can construct an anachronistic belt frog that leaves a "tongue" of leather between you and the side spike that will eliminate the "ouch", but it still be annoying.

[Sir Wolf]

wuss, you'd be fine hehehe.

a friend of mine had a MRL axe and hit a shield with it, the half broke and the head flew a good ways away

[Das Bill]

That's a nice hammer...been wanting one too.  Not sure about those side spikes though...wouldn't they dig into your hips?

Only if you wear it so the spikes are against the hips. The side-spikes are a historical feature of a number of 15th and 16th century warhammers. And if it were bad, then a flanged mace would be worse, right?

[Sir Ulrich]

Nice, seems like a good price for something well made.

[Sir James A]

That's a great price for a dress or show piece. I need a few armor bits, or I'd add it to my collection.

[Sir Edward]

I have one very similar to it. I must say, it makes for a fantastic ice-pick.

[Das Bill]

a friend of mine had a MRL axe and hit a shield with it, the half broke and the head flew a good ways away

This has been my experience with all of MRL's hafts to date. Whatever type of wood it is, it seems to break very, very easily. Still, a number of people on myArmoury have used MRL polearms as "home improvement" projects to great success.

[Sir Ulrich]

I had an MRL waster that ended up breaking in the middle of a duel. Certainly made me angry but I glued it and it works, For now...

[Sir Edward]

a friend of mine had a MRL axe and hit a shield with it, the half broke and the head flew a good ways away

This has been my experience with all of MRL's hafts to date. Whatever type of wood it is, it seems to break very, very easily. Still, a number of people on myArmoury have used MRL polearms as "home improvement" projects to great success.

I'm not surprised by this at all. They seem to use the same type of wood in their hafts that they use for their cheap wooden wasters. The wasters break pretty readily too. The one I used before upgrading to Purple Heart and steel swords, etc, broke with a split down the length of the grip, without a lot of abuse.