< img src= "https://everythingviking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/viking-archeology-the-viking-axe-part-1.jpg" alt width="499" height=" 286 "> The Viking Axe The” axe” is such a standard sounding and widely known word around the globe that we generally utilize for cutting and chopping wood. When in the hands of a Norseman, the Vikings took what appears like a basic tool and made it one of the most feared weapons heard around the world. The Vikings utilized strategic maneuvers with a combination of fearlessness and real Norse craftsmanship to alter the method opponents looked at the axe. The Vikings had the ability to erase groups of cities and opponents utilizing axes to totally annihilate everything in their site that needed to be ruined. Below are some of the techniques and believing behind the Vikings using axes as well as their option of axe.
< img src="
https://everythingviking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/viking-archeology-the-viking-axe-part-1-5.jpg” alt width =” 499 “height=” 332 “> Little Axes The axes with short hafts have a big advantage because they can be hidden quickly. A little axe can be concealed under a cloak and used for a surprise attack on the enemy and were typically kept in reserve behind a shield.< img src=" https://everythingviking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/viking-archeology-the-viking-axe-part-1-6.jpg" alt width=" 499" height=" 331" > Stability Lots of think that an axe was more difficult to control than a well-balanced weaponsuch as a sword. With a well-crafted axe, this is not the case. An axe likewise has a benefit over any other edged weapon in that the curved edge focuses all the power of the blow into a small area of the edge. This gives the axe sufficient force to penetrate through mail or perhaps a helmet.< img src =" https://everythingviking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/viking-archeology-the-viking-axe-part-1-7.jpg" alt width=" 276" height=" 345" > Axe Fight Techniques The curved shape of the head allowed for lots of techniques implemented by the Vikings: The axe
head can be used to hook an
opponent’s ankle, thus throwing the opponent off balance and onto the ground. It can
be also hooked over another body part such as the neck, to force a person to move in a direction that they do not want to
go. The axe can likewise be used to hook the edge of a guard, pulling it away to press an attack, or to even disarm the opponent.
Other Ways to Use the Axe The pointed suggestions at each end of a Viking axe head were really sharp and could also be used as part of an attack.
The suggestions can likewise be utilized for
a gruesome slashing attack. When utilized for stabbing as the axe horn broadens a lot more than a spear point or sword, the pointers can create nasty wounds. Axes were often used to land a non-lethal blow by utilizing the axe hammer, this is the behind of the axe head.
This was done to truly humiliate an opponent, or sometimes, was used against opponents considered so inferior that they are not worthy of an appropriate blow.< img src =" https://everythingviking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/viking-archeology-the-viking-axe-part-1-8.jpg" alt >
Axe Tossing
It would seem highly unlikely that axes were thrown in battles, however when desperate, a male will do whatever needs to be done to succeed, so finding out to toss axes was a lifesaving skill in itself.
Special Moves
Other intriguing moves with axes are described in the Viking legends. These include leaping up and hooking the head of an axe over the wall of a fortification to make it over the blockage. Another technique would be to use an axe left-handed; this would trigger the blows to come in on the undefended side of a challenger.
Next Article: To Be Continued … Next breakdown we will be talking about how the axe was utilized for DEFENSE.
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