Axes
- Adze (European; improvised)
- Bardiche (European)
- Battle axe (European)
- Broadaxe (European)
- Bhuj, with blade shaped like the dagger on a long shaft
- Congolese Ax (African)
- Dahomey Axe Club (African; also an effective blunt weapon)
- Dane Axe, English Long Axe, Hafted Axe, Shorter Danish Axe, Viking Axe (European)
- Doloire (European)
- Fu (Chinese)
- Hand axe, Ovate handaxe (Paleolithic)
- Hatchet (European)
- Labrys (Mediterranean)
- Long-bearded axe (European)
- Masakari (Japanese)
- Nzappa zap (African, also thrown)
- Ono (Japanese)
- Palstave (European, Bronze Age; improvised)
- Sagaris (Mediterranean)
- Shepherd's axe, Valaška (European)
- Sparth Axe (European)
- Tabarzin (Middle Eastern)
- Tomahawk, Spontoon Tomahawk (Americas; also thrown)
- Vechevoral (Middle Asian)
Read more about this topic: List Of Premodern Combat Weapons, Melee Weapons
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