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ariel · 30th September 2006, 03:19 PM

I got it too. Nothing spectacular. Very little useful information and not a lot of true illustrative material. Took me about an hour to go over it and I haven't open it since. Two main messages: most axes on the market are not weapons but tools, and a battle axe has to be V-shaped in section ( as opposed to many "souvenir" Qajar-type creations). I looked at my axe in the shed (plastic handle, made in China, bought at Ace Hardware for $10.99 on sale) and it sure is V-shaped. Perhaps, in its earlier incarnation it used to be 15th century Teutonic and was at Grunwald

30th September 2006, 03:19 PM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I got it too. Nothing spectacular. Very little useful information and not a lot of true illustrative material. Took me about an hour to go over it and I haven't open it since. Two main messages: most axes on the market are not weapons but tools, and a battle axe has to be V-shaped in section ( as opposed to many "souvenir" Qajar-type creations). I looked at my axe in the shed (plastic handle, made in China, bought at Ace Hardware for $10.99 on sale) and it sure is V-shaped. Perhaps, in its earlier incarnation it used to be 15th century Teutonic and was at Grunwald