Whalebone Maori Patu. (Pato Paroa) Lovely patina, collected from Corimandel Peninsular in New Zealand. No attribution, thought to be 19th century. 410 mm Long 120 mm Wide

A gorgeous and rare early Polish war hammer. The hammer head on this example is from the 17th C. and displays charcateristic Polish style incisings on the head and proper old age and some pitting, though minor. The wooden handle is a later addition,

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Strange as it may be, we've never featured a Yamaha XS500 before. So it’s a pleasure to show this lovely home-made custom, built by Philadelphia-based Ted Cichocki, that's caused a stir on the Do The Ton café racer forum. “This whole journey began after owning a Yamaha V-Star 650 custom,” says Ted. “I realized I enjoyed working on bikes more then riding them, and was inspired by the vintage race bike look. I knew I wanted to build one for myself one day. So I sold the V-Star and began searching for my first complete bike build.” Ted discovered a

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War Hammers by Mark McCoun

Bid Live on Lot 109 in the Summer Sale 2015 Auction from Auktionshaus Zwack.