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Post by nathanh on Sept 30, 2018 10:54:09 GMT
Has anyone modified a stock a&a Burgundian poleaxe by cutting out a back spike from the axe head? I've had the poleaxe for several years now and it's getting a little boring. I want to zazz things up a bit.
I'd like to try my hand at because I absolutely love polehammers. I would trace out the spike shape on the axe head and simply cut and file it.
Any thoughts, comments, advice? Thanks.
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Post by mpsmith47304 on Oct 1, 2018 17:15:53 GMT
I own that poleaxe, and I guess you DO do that, but the spike would be relatively thin. I generally think of poleaxe spikes having a more pyramidal shape. But I'd be interested in see the result if you do it.
Alternatively, you could sell that one and buy their Italian Pole Hammer.
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Post by nathanh on Oct 4, 2018 16:45:39 GMT
That's a good point about the point! I've thought about that. I've sketched some different spikes. At first I thought about a straight spike coming off the "shoulders?" of the axe head. Then realized it might be to thin.
You're right about how their back spikes seem to have a sort of reinforcement on the top. A&A's Italian polehammer and Bec de Corbyn look triangular. If I cut it out so there's a "hump" on top of the spike, that might give a little more strength to it.
What about Lucerne hammers, though? Their back spike is stout, yet much thinner than other polehammers'.
This is definitely going to take some serious thinking. I have only one polexe to screw up!
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