ROUMANIAN SMUGGLERS.

CHATTER BOX Published for the Proprietors by W. WELLS GARDNER, 10 Paternoster Row, London. Printed by John Strangeways,] [Castle Street, Leicester Square No. 18. March 30, 1872. Weekly—One Halfpenny. ROUMANIAN SMUGGLERS. ROUMANIA, otherwise called Wallachia and Moldavia, a country watered by the Danube, and not far from the Black Sea, is inhabited by a wild [...]

1844 Description of the “mountaineers” in the Carpathians.

“The mountaineers here are called Huzzulen as in Bukovina. We found two of them sitting by the fire at the inn, leaning upon their hatchets. They told us that they were never without their hatchets, that they travelled with them, danced with them, and wore them as a part of their Sunday finery. They went [...]

Some stances with the A&A Hungarian Axe

First off just a quick pic showing the relative size of the Arms & Armor Hungarian Axe. I am 5’10″ Next, two pics showing the two of the most common stances in ourreconstructed style. On top, the Polomski and on the bottom, the Hungarian. Much of what we show here of the reconstructed style works [...]

Unknown Hungary By Victor Tissot 1881

If the Kanasz possesses a hut made out of branches, the brigand becomes his companion for the night. His relations with refugees and vagabonds of the forest are the result of circumstances ; he is their spy, their sentinel. In return for his services the brigands respect the animals he guards, and for which he [...]

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.

Hungary and Transylvania John Paget 1850

The hatchet-headed walking-sticks were then put in requisition — I do not know whether I have mentioned before, that all the peasants of the north of Hungary carry sticks armed at the top with a small hatchet-head, which I had previously considered only as an ornament, or to be used in defence, but which were [...]

Universal Geography 1829

The peasantry form the great mass of the people, their costume is well fitted for a cold climate and a pastoral life. The  guba, a large woollen cloak, defends them against the inclemencies of the season ; and the kalpak or felt cap, which is now worn by horsemen, and even by kings, still retains [...]