Hi CC,
Yes, there are next to NO references on boarding axes out there. I think this is one of the reasons so many people either accidentally or purposely list everything from lathing axes to Boy Scout axes as boarding pieces. While hardly having an extensive library, I do have a number of books on maritime weapons, pirates, shipwrecks, weapons, Rev War items, archeaological sites, etc.
The only reference I have found that offers maybe a page or two of material and some good pics is Hartzler and Knowles work- "Indian Tomahawks and Frontiersmen Belt Axes". Great stuff on spike axes as well (the precursor to the 'Typed' axes we all know).
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