Hi All,

Another project that I have submitted is based on several features of axes I have seen, one of which is the museum piece I have shown the picture of. My question to you would be, what is your favorite axe, whether it is fantasy based, or a piece in a museum. I really like the looks of this particular piece.

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Should be an interesting project...are you having the wheel-lock part replicated as well?
Dan

No, in fact, I'd like to get a much more ornate handle. So far, this is one of the nicest looking axes I've seen. I'm looking for other examples of axes like this. I have some others, and will likely combine the features I like on each...

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At one point, a while back I was eyeing up the axe used in Gladiator ;)

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Thank-you.

I really love that axe in the first post... Looks like a trefoil or 'clubs' (from a deck of cards) cutout in the main blade.

I also really like some of the features of portions of this axe and it's engraving.... (From Arms and Armor, a Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources)

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I've always liked the francesca.

Light, handy, you can even throw it. Norman weapon, though one did make an appearance (or a close replica) in Lord of the Rings as Gimli's hand axe/throwing axe (he threw it in the first movie against the giant troll in Moria that almost killed Frodo with the spear), you see it hanging off his belt previously.

The francesca is probably what later inspired the tomahawk.