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This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile ), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
According to the size of the bronze axe heads exhibited by the National Anthropology Museum and also to the images of the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, the tepoztli was estimated to be 1.3 to 3 ft (0.40 to 0.91 m) long, and 1.5 in (38 mm) wide, it had a hole in the shaft where the head of the axe head was inserted and strongly attached with a ...
The dagger-axe (Chinese: 戈; pinyin: gē; Wade–Giles: ko) is a type of polearm that was in use from the Longshan culture until the Han dynasty in China. [1] It consists of a dagger-shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. The earliest dagger-axe blades were made of stone. Later versions used bronze.
In Old English, axes were referred to as æces, from which the Modern English word derives. [63] Most axes found in early Anglo-Saxon graves were fairly small with straight or slightly curved blades. [63] Such hand-axes primarily served as tools rather than weapons, but could have been used as the latter if the need arose. [64]
Generally, the head bore an axe head or hammer head mounted on ash or other hard-wood shafts from 4–6 ft in length, with a spike, hammer, or fluke on the reverse. [4] In addition, there was a spike or spear head projecting from the end of the haft which was often square in cross section, sometimes referred to as the "dague dessous". [ 4 ]
Horseman's axe, circa 1475. The blade's punched decoration suggests German make. This is an example of a battle axe that was tailored for the use of a mounted knight. The wooden haft is modern. A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were designed differently to utility ...
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A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and European settlers later introduced heads of iron and steel.