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First there is two historical "Francisca" throwing axes and one traditional Anglo-Saxon "Skeggox" what they use in hand-to-hand combat and also as throwing weapon.Those fantasy style steel weapons in the bottom picture are just my own thrower designs. I take some ideas from indian tomahawks, medieval "Hurlbats" and African throwing weapons and mixed them together with my own concepts. (All those objects weight about 600-1000 g.)
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franziska also weigh over 600g? Is it possible to know the price? thank you great works! ( i'm speaking as medieval reenactor 
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Axes were about 700-750 grams each. Thanks for the offer, but I don't really make any business to outside Finland.
I don't usually sell any weapon related objects even in here. They are more like personal hobby and most on my commercial metal works are candle holders, door knockers and other "more normal" things like that.
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ok no problem, thank you for kind answer and agin compliments for your beautiful work!
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good work on the axes, I like the originality of the "throwing" weapons
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Thanks for the compliments. Axe has always been my favourite weapon type. (With maces..)
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Yeah I love "Large axes" but I don't see to many taking them on as projects 'having the right tools is a bit more involved'
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Thanks for the offer, but I don't make any business to outside Finland.
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A coupl o axes would do just fine, not very concealable though
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I don't need to conceal them, because I use throwing weapons mostly in my own yard.
Thanks for adding this picture to your favourites.
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Sounds like a good & fun way to spend ones time for sure
Do you have a logg/treestump to target?
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You can see the target in my third throwing weapons picture. [link]
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Pieces from that bottom picture are my own designs and they have no any kind of names. One in the middle is close to medieval hurlbat or spiked tomahawk, but rest of them are not very close to any real throwing weapon styles what I have seen..
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I'm sorry. I should have asked a more definite question. What do YOU call it? If it's a design of your own then you should have a name of it's own, yes?
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Ok. But there is no need for exotic makeshift names, because "throwing weapon" is already so describable term.
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Great axes. Bottom right looks like a buttplug.
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Maybe, but I just wanted to make something what I can throw in places where are a lot of tree branches hanging etc. (That clean shape go thru the foliage quite easily, because it have not anykind of side spikes like those other things.)
It's nice to have when i try to hit for example in some wasp nest in a tree or inside the haybarn tin roof etc. Bladed throwing weapons are not very good for that kind of purposes, because they can get stuck on the tree, but that thing fall of almost every time. Original idea came from wooden throwing maces what some african tribal hunters use for hunting birds and monkeys in a tree.
Thanks for adding these and that one other set to your favourites.
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If you want weapon which doesn't stuck in target rope dart or meteor hummer is also a good idea !
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Yeah. I have been thinking about making meteor hammer or some bola type weapons in few times, because I have one small bucket of 20-30 mm diameter ball bearings laying in my workshop. (And few larger steel balls also from old stone crusher mill.)
Just need to weld small steel rings to them and add some rope or chains etc.
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I like the one on the right. what is it, and how did you do it?
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It's made from forged steel spikes what I attached to old water pipe with arc welder. After that i just filed the welding seams very smooth and heated it again for giving it nice dark finish. (It's kind like my own fantasy version from those African throwing blades. [link] )
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but 3d... Never seen something like this before, and I believe there is no possibility for normal person 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Can I ask you for the picture/s of your workplace? I am a total beginner, but willing to create. For now I only did two knives, but they are waiting for me to quench them in some kind of kiln, which I haven't built yet. Any simple ideas?
You find workshop pictures from my scraps section. [link]
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I would love to work like that, really.
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You don't need so big places for starting this hobby.
For example I started to collect tools and making first working places in my teen years over ten years ago. First I had only one small room in our barnhouse back in the late nineties and there was only simple working table, drill press and some hand tools. [link]
Now I use whole bottom floor of that building and also the old garage in the other end of my house. I have also big machines in nowadays and that old metal working hobby has turned almost my full time job. (I have to make also some farm- and forestworks about two days in every week..)
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wth is the last one on the right?
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARL why are there weapons in our closet
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It's like an steel version on those simple wooden throwing clubs/sticks what native people use for hunting birds and small game. (Very typical weapon for example in Africa and Australia etc.) Also that far left one is just my own version from african throwing weapons..
Thanks for adding this set to your favourites.
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ooh well herp derp om retarted
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Oikein hienoja! Itse teen varsijousia, linkoja ja muita vanhoja aseita... Toivoisin vain että minulla olisi ahjo! Paras saavutukseni on metalliraaminen ballista tähän mennessä. Tuskin tiedät mikä se on, mutta...katso vaikka wikipediasta, se artikkeli siellä on minun kirjoittamani.
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Kiitoksia kehuista.
Heh.. No on minullakin harrastekäytössä yksi vanhasta laskettelusauvasta pikaisesti kyhätty sauvalinko (Tavallista en osaisi varmasti edes käyttää.. 
Sen jälkeen ei ole ollut oikein mahdollisuuksia ja myös aikaakaan tehdä mitään sen tyyppistä, vaikka olisihan se toki mielenkiintoista rakentaa tosi perinteisen mallinen ballista tai vaikka onager. (Tai no kunhan saisi tehtyä aluksi edes kunnollisen varsijousenkin, koska ne kokonaan puusta kyhätyt oli loppujen lopuksi melko tehottomia.) Mulla on jo jemmassa muutama auton vanha lehtijousi, mistä voisi luultavasti muokata osia semmoiseen.
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Minunkin varsijousessani on kaari lehtijousesta... olen vähän köyhä komposiittijousten teon kanssa niin mitä sitä turhaan tekemään huonoa, kun saa kerralla ihan hyvän. Se on tosin aivan liian tehokas niille nuolille joita käytän, kun nuolet yleensä katkeavat osumasta- sillä saattaa olla osuutta asiaan, että ammun vain koelaukauksia peltilevyihin...
Mitä tulee skorpioniin, niin olen tehnyt sellaisenkin, mutta päätin muuntaa sen metalliraamiseksi ballistaksi. Ei löytynyt luottamusta puun kestokykyyn. Tai oikeastaan vika on lähinnä tekijässä...
Ja jos mietit rakentamista, niin kannattaa mieluiten tehdä ballista, koska onagerin pitää olla järkyttävän iso ollakseen edes hieman tehokas.
Lingolla heittäminen alkaa muuten sujua kohtalaisesti vasta parin kuukauden harjoittelun jälkeen...
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Ok. no pitää kokeilla joskus tavallistakin linkoa. Se on kuulemma selvästi sauvalinkoa tarkempi, vaikka varsinainen heittotekniikka onkin paljon hitaampi oppia.
Näin kerran jollakin nettisivulla juttua myös siitä, miten perinteisellä lingolla heitettiin eräänlaisia tikkoja ja sekin näytti ihan mielenkiintoiselta.
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Se tikkojenheittolaite on cestrosphendon nimeltään. "Tikat" painavat suunnilleen 200 grammaa. Sauvalingolla voi heittää varmaan melko paljon helpommin niitä...
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Cool.. Pitääkin etsiä netistä kohta lisää tietoa siitä kapineesta. (Sauvalingon ja tikkojen yhdistelmästä tuli heti mielikuvia myös niistä muinaisista vipukeihäistä tms.)
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Sellaisella sauvalinkovirityksellä lentää parisataagrammainen nuoli jotain 100-150 metriä, jos oikein muistan. Ei mikään tehoton sekään.
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fantastic work as usual, have you got a practice range in you workshop to throw stuff at to test them out ?
also how about a step by step making of, an axe head for example, i am fascinated by hot metal work but lack the space and time to actually try it for myself.
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I made one target from thick plywood in few years ago when i was throwing only shurikens, knifes and other small stuff. It's located on the outside wall of our farm machine shed.
When i made these a lot of heavier objects i have to make also a little bit stronger target and i mount one 15 cm thick disc from huge bruce trunk in the center of my old plywood piece. (I post soon more pictures from that in here..)
I'm not very good for explaining mechanical details in english, but there is few useful links if you want to forge traditional style axeheads.
[link]
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thanks, i find all of this most interesting
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