Dear Veeky Forums,
Please enlighten me on the practical applications of an axe.
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Connor Bennett
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Dylan Taylor
+cut stuff good
+bash stuff pretty good if you cant cut it
+cheap
+easy to handle
+fashionable
John Watson
It's an axe. You axe things. Its not necessarily as good at killing shit as. Sword, but does a pretty good job for what is essentially a tool.
Gavin Nelson
This book will satisfy your curiosity.
Juan Harris
I feel like you should have read a book about this.
Alexander Brown
compared to a sword, an axe has:
a much higher swing speed, combined with its greater concentration of mass means that it has a lot of inertia behind your swing. This makes it much harder to block and create deeper wounds, and if you're lucky you could lop off the limbs of people who forgot to put mail on their arms.
it isnt good at blocking, and it can't punch through armor, but most people wielding these are aware of their disadvantages and pit themselves against people who cant take advantage of these, like peasants
Eli Foster
>It's an axe. You axe things. Its not necessarily as good at killing shit as
Sure it is. In fact there are a number of people in history who used axes in war when they very well could have used a sword.
Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce...
Axes apply more force, they're just less maneuverable
Brody Rodriguez
The generic kind is a highly versatile craft and survival tool that will be effective even if it's made with relatively simple methods and materials. It's sturdy, and the only part prone to breaking is easily replaced.
If it's the kind intended for war, a lot of the same points about being easy to make still applies, it's robustness is less demanding of craftsmanship and material than the forging of a sword is. Most of it's mass is concentrated behind the striking surface, which is relatively small, which means it's going to be less shitty against opponents wearing armour than a sword is.
Elijah Price
it can't punch through armor
What? Why do you say that? What about a sword is better able to get through armor?
Charles Jackson
They are really good tools. In a pitch you can craft a whole damn cabin with one, and more axe handles for when you wear out the first one.