I finally recieved both the Lochaber Axes I ordered. One of them came from Arms & Armor and the other came from a Gentleman named Adriaan Gerber. The one from Arms & Armor is OK, and much better than a pot metal bright and shiney thing from India, but the one from Adriaan is wonderful.

Thanks again to the members of the forum for the suggestions you made to me and a special thanks again to Shaun Maxwell for pointing me to Adriaan.

Here are the pics. Im sorry I am completely new to posting pictures on this sort of thing so apologies if they dont work. Perhaps some one can fix them if I fail.. The first one is the one made by Adriann, with the curved blade and back hook. The small round one on a farby temporary poplar wood pole is the one from Arms & Armor.