Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Unusually large indian/persian axe ,tourist maybe ?

ariel · 22nd September 2019, 02:55 AM

My axe " Bible" is James Gamble " Axes of war and power"
P. 14: virtually identical Persian axe defined as " parade" and dated to 1875.
His sine qua non definition of a "war axe" is a V-construction.

Can we maim an opponent with that axe, slicing half of his face off, stabbing him with a straight protrusion at the top or just smashing his head by using an axe as a mace? Sure. But this is a AXE, and axes were supposed to cleave , not stab or bonk ( even in British jargon:-)) For that we have other weapons.

22nd September 2019, 02:55 AM	#8
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	My axe " Bible" is James Gamble " Axes of war and power" P. 14: virtually identical Persian axe defined as " parade" and dated to 1875. His sine qua non definition of a "war axe" is a V-construction. Can we maim an opponent with that axe, slicing half of his face off, stabbing him with a straight protrusion at the top or just smashing his head by using an axe as a mace? Sure. But this is a AXE, and axes were supposed to cleave , not stab or bonk ( even in British jargon:-)) For that we have other weapons.