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  2. Battle axe - Wikipedia

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    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 axes, with blades ...

  3. Dane axe - Wikipedia

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    The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.

  4. Viking Age arms and armour - Wikipedia

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    The Mammen Axe is a famous example of such battle-axes, ideally suited for throwing and melee combat. [21] An axe head was mostly wrought iron, with a steel cutting edge. This made the weapon less expensive than a sword, and was a standard item produced by blacksmiths, historically. Like most other Scandinavian weaponry, axes were often given ...

  5. Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Fragments of the wood shafts survive in only a few examples, thus causing considerable difficulty in ascertaining the overall size of the weapon. [65] Several examples of the francisca, or throwing axe, have been found in England. [66] Such weapons can be distinguished from domestic hand axes by the curved shape of their heads. [67]

  6. Parashu - Wikipedia

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    The parashu named Vidyudabhi is the weapon of the god Shiva [6] who gave it to Parashurama, [7] [8] the sixth avatar of Vishnu, [9] [10] whose name means "Rama with the axe" and also taught him its mastery. [11] Parashurama was the guru of Drona, the guru who instructed the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata.

  7. Tabar (axe) - Wikipedia

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    The tabar (also called tabarzin, which means "saddle axe" [in persian], Persian: تبر) is a type of battle axe. The term tabar is used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, India and surrounding countries and cultures. the word tabar is also used in most Slavic languages as the word for axe [1] (e.g. Russian: топор).

  8. Norwegian battle axe - Wikipedia

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    The Norwegian battle axe, also called Norwegian peasant militia axe, Norwegian peasant axe or peasant battle axe (Norwegian: bondeøks or bondestridsøks), is a tool and weapon from Norway, which was an important part of the Norwegian national defense in the 1600s.

  9. Lochaber axe - Wikipedia

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    The Lochaber axe is first recorded in 1501, as an "old Scottish batale ax of Lochaber fasoun". [2] The weapon is very similar to the Jedburgh axe, although the crescent blade of the former is larger and heavier than that of the latter. [2] The Lochaber axe took many incarnations, all of them having a few elements in common.