Ax hammer
An ax hammer is a kind of battle ax . You can easily recognize them by the ax blade, which is attached opposite a blunt or pointed hammer head. The ax blade always stands lengthways with the handle. The hammer head was used to dent and immobilize the armor of opponents.
See also
literature
- Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons. German ABC of the European naked defensive weapons. (Cut, thrust, hit and hand thrown weapons). Verlag Seifert, Haig 1981.