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size=2>QUIBBLE: *anything* can be a thrown weapon -- the SCA just tends to
have standardized on knife, axe, and spear/javelin. (I have taught /
demonstrated the use of the thrown stick from time to time since AS XIV or
thereabouts ... and will note the rather effective implementation of thrown
maces/hammers at this year's Gulf Wars, according to my
informants.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>A "proper" adze can have a handle proportionate to the size and
weight of head, just like any axe, and there is wide variation in width and
shape of the sharpened blade as well. Broadaxe or broadadze had their
place in the toolchest just as much as their narrower cousins, and adze with
"shaped" blades were used to produce special shapes. The "hammer"-backing
of the head was often used as the impact point for driving an adze through
material -- useful make-your-own shingles or shaping a post/timber already
in-place..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>When the rabble were roused and the peasantry / crafts-folk called into
formal combattant service, carpenters and such would usually be expected to
bring their tools of the trade with them. A pound or two of good sharpened
metal at the end of a couple of feet of haft that is already fairly
well-balanced makes for a pretty devastating piece of throwable
destruction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe</DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> moo-bounces@stierbach.org
[mailto:moo-bounces@stierbach.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Janie
Darby<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B> General
Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Moo]
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<DIV>I like either that or "adze". However, an adze doesn't look like an axe.
It's blade is set at a right angle to the haft. Think hoe with a sharp blade
and a shorter handle. It is used for shaping wood - not a thrown weapon.
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