a seax design question

[OldMan]

I was looking at the axes on the www.frojel.com site and got to thinking about their design. Does anyone know what advantage [or disadvantage] the bearded axe style might have over the more symetrical styles??

thanks,
dms

[Jake Powning]

as a weapon it has a longer cutting edge so it would mabe deliver a longer cut, that wouldn't be an advantage for chopping wood, but might be advantageous for cleaving heads?

[J.Arthur Loose]

It's lighter for the length of the edge, and you can hook it on stuff like shields or spear hafts...

There are accounts of Danish bearded axes hacking off horse heads with a single stroke at Hastings. :evil

[Coutel]

Originally posted by BrB


I wonder what did the knives from Wales (welsh knives? is that thr right spelling???) look like. I heard that this country was the only to sustain the British ethnics against the saxons... is that correct?

Add Cornwall which is the far south west of England below Wales...remained Celtic .....(I am from Cornwall )

[Roger Gregory]

Originally posted by Coutel


Add Cornwall which is the far south west of England below Wales...remained Celtic .....(I am from Cornwall )

I thought you lot called it Kernow .... unless you're really from Devon?

Roger

[Coutel]

Originally posted by Roger Gregory


I thought you lot called it Kernow .... unless you're really from Devon?

Roger

lol...Devon is full of them 'foreigners' (even if its only the next County ).......