Axe Question

A. G. Maisey · 3rd June 2024, 10:42 PM

It seems to be clear that the term "poll axe" or "pole axe"can mean different things to different people.

In some places it seems to mean an axe with a heavy butt, in other places it means an axe that has a head with a round eye, but the term seems to have originated some time in the 14th-15th centuries as the name of weapon with longish shaft, the head of which was a combination of a pike, a hammer, & an axe.

In any case, however we wish to understand the term, I rather doubt that it can be applied to the hatchet that began this thread.

3rd June 2024, 10:42 PM	#10
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	It seems to be clear that the term "poll axe" or "pole axe"can mean different things to different people. In some places it seems to mean an axe with a heavy butt, in other places it means an axe that has a head with a round eye, but the term seems to have originated some time in the 14th-15th centuries as the name of weapon with longish shaft, the head of which was a combination of a pike, a hammer, & an axe. In any case, however we wish to understand the term, I rather doubt that it can be applied to the hatchet that began this thread.