During the first half of the 18th century, many Indian dignitaries carried the heads of this style on a short haft, like tomahawks.
There were numerous variations in the design of this halberd...
The trade steel blade of typical curve shape is stamped by the maker “Frederick Reynolds Sheffield” is sleeved within the antler handle secured to the tang of the blade by two iron rivets.
Frederick Reynolds (1814-1877) was born at Derby, but had moved to Sheffield by 1841, when he was enumerated in the Census as a razor maker working at Sims Croft...