PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAxe with well-preserved wooden handle, England, ~850 BCElemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up193
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minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoWhat is that axe? Is that a huge wooden handle mounted in portrait, connected to another thicker normalways handle?
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI can’t work out the handle either. It’s a socketed axe, so it can be fitted to different hafts, but this seems unwieldy. Maybe it’s used for driving downwards, using the weight of the haft? Here’s a brief video about axes at Must Farm by one of the archeologists.
minus-squaretychosmoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt’s like https://www.photocase.com/photos/4336586-hand-with-hand-anatomy-essay-thumb-double-photocase-stock-photo-large.jpeg
minus-squareuservoid1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI does look weird. Maybe the wooden block is a counterweight to the axe head, and you use it by horizontally slamming it.
What is that axe? Is that a huge wooden handle mounted in portrait, connected to another thicker normalways handle?
I can’t work out the handle either. It’s a socketed axe, so it can be fitted to different hafts, but this seems unwieldy. Maybe it’s used for driving downwards, using the weight of the haft?
Here’s a brief video about axes at Must Farm by one of the archeologists.
It’s like https://www.photocase.com/photos/4336586-hand-with-hand-anatomy-essay-thumb-double-photocase-stock-photo-large.jpeg
I does look weird. Maybe the wooden block is a counterweight to the axe head, and you use it by horizontally slamming it.