Shown here is a hand axe and fixed-blade knife pairing that pleases the eyes while getting the job done. The AX1 (top) hand axe exhibits a blended hand axe and tomahawk-style design.

PARIS (WKRC) - Four teenagers were injured, including one with a severed hand and another with a split skull, after a fight involving an axe and samurai sword broke out on a train. Four students ...

A paper in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal suggests a 15th-century diptych depicts St. Steven carrying a prehistoric hand-axe.

It’s just a little more out of the ordinary for that rock to actually be a Neanderthal hand axe, likely carved between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago. “I was looking around and I saw this shiny ...

Close-up detail of the hand-axe like object in Jean Fouquet's "Étienne Chevalier with Saint Stephen," left panel of "The Melun Diptych" (circa 1455) by Jean Fouquet. Credit must be given to the ...

Forged steel blade on wooden handle. General History The compact boarding axe was an effective weapon in close combat. While an effective in hand-to-hand combat, it was more effective as a tool. The ...