Original Item: Only One Available. The tabar (also called tabarzin, which means "saddle axe") is a type of battle axe. The term tabar is used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, Armenia, India and surrounding countries and cultures. As a loanword taken through Iranian Scythian, the word tabar is also used in most Slavic languages as the word for axe.

The tabarzin (saddle axe) (Persian: تبرزین‎; sometimes translated "saddle-hatchet") is the traditional battle axe of Persia (Iran). It bears one or two crescent-shaped blades. The long form of the tabar was about seven feet long, while a shorter version was about three feet long. What makes the Persian axe unique is the very thin handle, which is very light and always metallic. The tabarzin was sometimes carried as a symbolic weapon by wandering dervishes (Muslim ascetic worshippers). The word tabar for axe was directly borrowed into Armenian as tapar (Armenian: տապար) from Middle Persian tabar, as well as into Proto-Slavonic as "topor" (*toporъ), the latter word known to be taken through Scythian, and is still the common Slavic word for axe.

This example is just the head which has been affixed to a replacement shaft, and this was likely done several decades ago, as the shaft now has dry rot which is beginning to break apart. There is already a good bit which has already come off, and there are cracking areas which will soon break.

The axe in total measures roughly 30” long, with the axe head measuring about 10¾” from the tip to the end of the shaft cover. The head consists of the crescent-shaped blade, the pike at the top of the shaft, and the shaft cover, all of which show some heavy pitting and oxidation from having been ground-dug. The blade is a bit loose on the piece with it coming off of the shaft cover and moving around when handled improperly, but it can be wedged onto the shaft again. 

A very interesting piece, ready for further research and display.

Dimensions:
Blade Length: 10¾” 
Overall Length: 30”
Shaft Length: 24”