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| − | Weight: ~4 kg
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| − | Rank(s): 1st row
| + | :[[:Category:Aklys|Aklys]], [[:Category:Battleaxe|Battleaxe]], [[:Category:Cleaver|Cleaver]], [[:Category:Great axe|Great axe]], [[:Category:Hand-axe|Hand-axe]], and [[:Category:Tomahawk|Tomahawk]]. |
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| − | The battle axe has the distinction of being one of the
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| − | oldest tools and weapons of man. The first battle axe dates back
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| − | about 35,000 years, when weaponers began attaching the blade to
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| − | long wooden handles. The double-bladed battle axe was born in Egypt
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| − | during the Bronze Age, but the design did not gain widespread
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| − | During the Greco-Roman times, the battle axe was seen as a
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| − | barbarian weapon used by the Franks, Celts, Lombards, and Vikings.
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| − | The earliest modern battle axes were a Danish weapon of the
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| − | ninth century. These weapons did not have double-bladed heads, but
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| − | were still two-handed weapons. The Danes often decorated these axe
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| − | heads with carvings. Some shafts reached six feet in length, which
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| − | caused great structural strain on the point immediately below the
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| − | axe-head.
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| − | English knights of the 14th century adopted the battle axe
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| − | as a favored weapon in foot combat. Its long handle afforded a
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| − | great reach, and allowed for a great amount of force to be focused
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| − | in the blow.
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| − | Naval crews used battle axes as boarding weapons until the
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| − | tactic of boarding parties became obsolete.
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| − | The dwarven battle axe design is based on an actual design
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| − | by the Swiss, who called their version the mordaxt.
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| − | Some skill(s) usable with the weapon:
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| − | [[:category:axes (skill)|Axes]], [[:category:battlecry|battlecry]], [[:category:bladed fury|bladed Fury]], [[:category:cleave|cleave]], [[:category:lure|lure]] and [[:category:reaving|reaving]].
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| − | See also:
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| − | [[:Category:cleaver|Cleaver]], [[:category:aklys|aklys]], [[:category:tomahawk|tomahawk]], [[:category:hand-axe|hand-axe]] and [[:category:great axe|great axe]].
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