This tag is added when the post contains a distinctive type of tools/melee_weapon which is comprised of a (usually wooden) shaft with either a double-edged, curved blade or a single, wedge-shaped blade at the end.

These can vary in size considerably from small, single-handed tools to large, oversized two-handed weapons.

Examples:

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Blade Types

• Blade count
• Single bitted axe - Single cutting edge.
• double_bitted_axe - A cutting edge on both sides.
• double_axe - A handle with an axe head on both ends.

• Blade orientation
• Vertical axe head - Vertical cutting edge.
• adze - Horizontal cutting edge.
• palm axe head - Upwards-facing cutting edge.

• Blade shape
• bearded_axe - Hooked axe head.
• broad axe bit - Wider cutting edge.
• narrow axe bit - Narrower cutting edge.
• thick axe head - Heavier axe head.
• thin axe head - Lighter but sharper axe head.

Axe Types

• Simple:
• felling_axe - Woodcutting axe.
• hatchet - Smaller sized axe.

• tools
• fire_axe - Axe + Point
• ice_axe - Hooked for climbing ice
• mattock - Axe + Adze
• pickaxe - Axe/Adze + Point
• pulaski - Axe + Adze

• weapons
• battle_axe
• greataxe Polearm + Larger axe head
• halberd - Axe + Spear + Hook
• shepherd's axe - Looks like a walking stick.
• tomahawk - Smaller sized axe of Native American design.
• palm_axe - Polearm + Upward-facing axe.
• labrys - Shorter handle + Double bitted axe
• axe_hand - Gauntlets_(weapon) + Axe head / Prosthetic hand + Axe head

External:

• Wikipedia - Axe