Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2026, 06:30 PM
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Yes, of course, they are closely related. From...
Yes, of course, they are closely related. From the early days of sail, ships needed axes in combat (or storm damage) primarily for cutting rope, clearing debris, dragging fallen rigging over the side...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th March 2026, 08:17 PM
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Hi Mark,
The top axe is from my picture...
Hi Mark,
The top axe is from my picture archive, so not mine. There are only two known that were made by Chas Thomas. Richard Thomas axes were a little more common but almost all these model 1859...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2026, 10:45 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th March 2026, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 7
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The 1859 British Boarding Axe
Sometimes it's interesting to discover that an assumption is wrong.
I always assumed that naval boarding axes came first and evolved into or were repurposed as fire axes as their use at sea...
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