A member of the Knights of Monymusk, a medieval re-enactment and living history group swinging battle axe. Arbroath Seafront Spectacular. Scotland UK
The medieval battle-axe was a weapon made by a blacksmith. The battle-axe was made of iron, steel, sometimes bronze, and also wood (for its handle). The first stone axes were produced in 6,000 The Romans used the battle-axe. Roman infantry soldiers used a weapon, the pilum. The pilum was a heavy spear, used for thrusting or throwing. The iron head was leaf-shaped and two to three feet long. It was on a wooden shaft with a short iron spike at the rear. The axe head was about seven inches high and it has been estimated that the handles were about sixteen inches. Barbarian axes were made from a single piece of iron, the upper head was S-shaped, the lower edge of the blade had a simple elbow, the lower part of the head swung strongly to the handle, and the upper edge of the blade formed into a point or wounded. Battle-axes came from the Viking age. The throwing axe was very important to the barbarians until the seventh century, when fewer barbarians were able to skillfully throw them than there were skillful archers. The handheld axe was still a favored weapon throughout the rest of the Middle Ages. It was powerful enough to significantly injure a knight in his armor.
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Location: Arbroath Seafront Spectactular, Angus, Scotland uk
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