Historical Atlas of Weaponry (ISBN 0-7858-2595-9) p76

[freiman the minstrel]

Guys,

I found a picture on Page 76 of Historical Atlas of Weaponry (ISBN 0-7858-2595-9) on p76, in the left marginis a picture of a double bit axe, like a Molly Hatchet album cover.

I had never seen a bit of evidence that a double bit axe had ever been used in warfare, at least until the horrible things that people were making for trench warfare during WW1. The book, which in general seems pretty good on the scholarship perspective, lists it as "Viking Battleaxe with an iron blade. Axes might not pierce the skin but when swung with sufficient force they could cause bruising and internal injuries."

It was the only reference to an actual extant medieval double bit axe I have ever seen.

Did I get it completely wrong?

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[raito]

If it says axes may not pierce skin than I'd say it's the one that's wrong.

[Baron Alcyoneus]

Picture?

[Russ Mitchell]

Common in Persia.