Does the "V notch " beside the thrusting tip serve any purpose in our sport? Does anybody use it in any way?
Axe Shapes
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Axe Shapes
by Thomas MacFinn » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:36 pm
I'm thinking about making an axe. This is a fairly common axe design (not my work):
Does the "V notch " beside the thrusting tip serve any purpose in our sport? Does anybody use it in any way?
Does the "V notch " beside the thrusting tip serve any purpose in our sport? Does anybody use it in any way?
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Re: Axe Shapes
by Bahku » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:57 am
It looks like it would be hard to use that thrusting tip without the top of the striking edge connecting.
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Re: Axe Shapes
by Ard Ri Cade » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:33 am
Would that sort of design be legal for a poleaxe?
Not the blade it's self necessarily, but the stab tip on the back side of the blade. Would that work for a red? or would that be failed because its a bit too dangerous.
Not the blade it's self necessarily, but the stab tip on the back side of the blade. Would that work for a red? or would that be failed because its a bit too dangerous.
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Re: Axe Shapes
by Aleksii » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:58 am
If you make it safe then it passes, if you don't then it fails.
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Re: Axe Shapes
by Arrakis » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:04 pm
Gotdang, hoes!
IF IT GETS SWUNG AT A FIGHTER, IT'S NOT A STABBING TIP. STABBING TIPS (GREEN, CLASS 3) ARE ONLY ON THRUST END OF THE WEAPON.
Just make a really short axe head or hammer head and make sure it passes the hit test, *.
IF IT GETS SWUNG AT A FIGHTER, IT'S NOT A STABBING TIP. STABBING TIPS (GREEN, CLASS 3) ARE ONLY ON THRUST END OF THE WEAPON.
Just make a really short axe head or hammer head and make sure it passes the hit test, *.
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Re: Axe Shapes
by Ard Ri Cade » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:10 pm
I know it's treated like a red strike or a blue because its swung, but from what it looks like in the picture, it's built to resemble a stab tip. I'm not saying it is one, but it looks like it has about the same construction / shape / hit surface. It could even be a really thin hammer. I don't know. I'm going off of what the picture looks like.
My only question was if it were safe or not based on such a small hit surface compared to a longer bladed hit surface. I get the feeling that if i stuck that on a six foot poll, my haft padding would get a workout and that it would get failed by anyone who recognized the possibility when checking.
What i will probably end up doing is turning that end into a shield hook, and putting an axe blade on the other end. I was just curious as to the safety of the small hit surface thats all.
My only question was if it were safe or not based on such a small hit surface compared to a longer bladed hit surface. I get the feeling that if i stuck that on a six foot poll, my haft padding would get a workout and that it would get failed by anyone who recognized the possibility when checking.
What i will probably end up doing is turning that end into a shield hook, and putting an axe blade on the other end. I was just curious as to the safety of the small hit surface thats all.
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Re: Axe Shapes
by Arrakis » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:42 pm
Just use all blue to build up the length from the haft (no perpendicular core in the head, I mean) and add marine/open until it passes for hit. Preferrably, build the whole back side of the "haft padding" around the "hammer" portion to striking legality and cover the lot of it with cloth, so hits that land with any of the back edge are actual hits.
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