I would certainly go for it being a sculptors mallet, for either wood or stone.
Great for an antique then..................20% off! :happy:
'Fraid to say, I was of the same thoughts as Taupou and evelyb30!:shame:
Wow, thank you so much for posting that link. What a mouth watering collection! Love the Emma Hamilton portrait. Sadly, she will not be gracing my...
Another little piece of Nelson interest that I have is this exquisite little Royal Doulton jug. The profile of Lord Nelson is particularly fine. I...
Not too much happening here, so thought I'd post a little knick knack of mine. This is a commemorative medal of Lord Nelson, struck in 1897 and...
Why the flag, I have absolutely no idea, but the wooden holder I would have said was for holding needles possibly. My mother had a few similar,...
I am building up my collection of the different factories that made these, so unfortunately not. But, have a word with Otto, here:...
To add to my earlier post about cheap fakes and repro's. This I found on the web earlier........... A Russian 1891/30 Moisin Nagant...
Today by the way, is the 111th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic!
Bob Ballard admitted that the Titanic was just a cover story, to go looking for the submarines. They were found quite quickly and that left a...
These are called 'end cutters', and come in many sizes. Small ones like these would be most likely used for cutting small brass nails and wire for...
As an armour and edged weapons enthusiast and collector, I like weapons of all periods, and was fortunate to acquire a small collection of Stone...
I found this...... [ATTACH]Fake SS pattern welded honour dagger blade [ATTACH] complete with gilded Himmler dedication and Eichorn makers...
I have seen SS and SA dagger pattern welded blades (erroneously called 'Damascus' !), with the relevant etching and gilding, coming out of India...
One thing to bear in mind with these, is that the eagle in the grip should not be in the centre, they are below the centre point. This is...
It is sad that just about everything is faked these days. I have even seen in my own field of edged weapons, a WWII British No. 4 'Spike' bayonet,...
[ATTACH] Something that I hadn't paid attention to, was this extra washer, called a seppa, there can be quite a few of these, anywhere from two...
It was not unusual for theatrical armourers to use genuine blades, as these were usually plentiful, and far easier and cheaper than making new...
It looks very theatrical to me. it is not like any sword of this type that have seen before. Quite what the motive is on the quillon I am not...
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