The New and complete American encyclopedia 1808

The inhabitants ire a mixture of the descendants of the ancient Hunns, Sclavonians, Camani, Germans, Walachians, Greeks, Jews, Turks, and a wandering people called Zigduns, said to b: of uncertain origin, but probable the fame as those we call Gypsies. The Hungarians are said to be of a sanguine choleric temper, and somewhat fierce, cruel, [...]

Zbojnicki Dance

  The Dances of Podhale (Poland) Joseph Needham Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Dec., 1937), pp. 117-119  

Another mountain axe clip

Threw this together yesterday at the end of our regular training session. After watching this it was evident to me that i am no good at pretending to have my axe knocked out of my hands…..I look like I throw it:)

Mary Barton: An Historical Tale of Poland 1846

Mary Barton: An Historical Tale of Poland By Henry Krasinski Published by A.K. Newman and Co., 1846   One of the Colonel’s coachmen, a Carpathian mountaineer proposed to exhibit a performance common in his country. He was a man exceedingly tall and broad-chested, but appeared to possess singular activity. His brown hair, hanging down upon his back was curled at [...]

Munsey’s Magazine Published by Frank A. Munsey & Co., 1896

An axe is not always at hand in the usual gentleman’s dwelling, but fortunately Lubona’s ancestral line went back into the days when Carpathians carried battle axes, and he had some of those stout, honest weapons still hanging on his walls.

Singlehanded thrust

Here is a short clip of me performing a single handed thrust using the mountain axe. First off a pass forward, then a pass backward.

Manual of Forestry By William Schlich, W. R. Fisher 1908

“The Carpathian axe (Fig. 69) is broader than those already described and is used also for splitting wood.”