Toki Kākauroa - Black resin (Long handled Māori axe)
Small, steel headed axes, originally brought to Aotearoa by Europeans for building and forestry, were ‘repurposed’ by Māori, with the heads ground down so they were substantially lighter, and fixed on slender hardwood handles usually mahoe, manuka or kanuka to make effective weapons that had no precedent in the Maori martial arts, mau rākau. Short, handled versions were known as pātiti, for use in one hand, and handles more than a metre long would wield the toki kakauroa (long-handled axe) designed to give warriors the reach to combat British troops with fixed bayonets on their muskets.
This beautiful handcrafted, contemporary design of the original steel headed Toki Kākauroa, features a resin and Pūriri head with a Pōhutukawa handle that had been lying in a river for some 15 years, and comes with a beautiful Taraire and Pūruri stand. Head size 245mm × 100mm x 50mm with an overall length 900mm.
Small, steel headed axes, originally brought to Aotearoa by Europeans for building and forestry, were ‘repurposed’ by Māori, with the heads ground down so they were substantially lighter, and fixed on slender hardwood handles usually mahoe, manuka or kanuka to make effective weapons that had no precedent in the Maori martial arts, mau rākau. Short, handled versions were known as pātiti, for use in one hand, and handles more than a metre long would wield the toki kakauroa (long-handled axe) designed to give warriors the reach to combat British troops with fixed bayonets on their muskets.
This beautiful handcrafted, contemporary design of the original steel headed Toki Kākauroa, features a resin and Pūriri head with a Pōhutukawa handle that had been lying in a river for some 15 years, and comes with a beautiful Taraire and Pūruri stand. Head size 245mm × 100mm x 50mm with an overall length 900mm.
Small, steel headed axes, originally brought to Aotearoa by Europeans for building and forestry, were ‘repurposed’ by Māori, with the heads ground down so they were substantially lighter, and fixed on slender hardwood handles usually mahoe, manuka or kanuka to make effective weapons that had no precedent in the Maori martial arts, mau rākau. Short, handled versions were known as pātiti, for use in one hand, and handles more than a metre long would wield the toki kakauroa (long-handled axe) designed to give warriors the reach to combat British troops with fixed bayonets on their muskets.
This beautiful handcrafted, contemporary design of the original steel headed Toki Kākauroa, features a resin and Pūriri head with a Pōhutukawa handle that had been lying in a river for some 15 years, and comes with a beautiful Taraire and Pūruri stand. Head size 245mm × 100mm x 50mm with an overall length 900mm.