Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Philippine head ax origin, use and information

Lew · 10th July 2010, 01:21 PM

Bill

I think the axe is used for cutting meat. The spike end is stuck into a piece of wood or the ground with the ctting end up in this way one can just run the meat across the cutting edge to slice it up. when carrying meat back to the village it can be placed on that back spike the axe is then slung over the shoulder spike up.

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http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7438

10th July 2010, 01:21 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Bill I think the axe is used for cutting meat. The spike end is stuck into a piece of wood or the ground with the ctting end up in this way one can just run the meat across the cutting edge to slice it up. when carrying meat back to the village it can be placed on that back spike the axe is then slung over the shoulder spike up. See link http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7438 Last edited by Lew; 10th July 2010 at 01:37 PM.