Critique my poleaxe design

Looks wicked. You are showing four points. If it was mine I’d have at least one face flat in order to give trauma rather than a penetrating wound. As is however you strike you should get penetration costing time to remove the sucker as well as risking getting it stuck.

Technically, that's a ge (戈) blade, not a ji (戟). The early ji is essentially a ge with a spear point on the end of the haft, so the whole weapon can be called a ji, but the dagger-axe itself is a ge. (The later ji can be any of a variety of "halberd".)

Plenty of ge blades have a short axe blade on the back (the common rectangular back piece that goes through the haft, but sharpened). Along the lines of what others have said, there is some use for a blunt striking thing on the back side, rather than 2 spikes. One ancient Chinese solution is the bottom head here:

(From Yang Hong, Weapons in Ancient China). Many years ago, I bought a replica bronze ball-hammer, like the hammer on this, but without the ge blade.

Of course, a ge blade and a typical warhammer spike are quite different (thin and cutting vs stout), so your original combination is fine.

Think of it like one side optimized for armor, and the other side optimized for softer targets. I honestly don't see the need for a hammer head. The crow's beak is about as blunt as I want to get.

Well technically a conventional poleaxe has a side meant for soft targets (the axe) and a side for armoured targets (the hammer or spike). But i mean, it's your special creation and you should do what you really like

I am familiar with the more conventional poleaxe configurations. I find the axe face of most poleaxes to be rather unimpressive. The dagger-axe design has better penetration, more cutting surfaces, can serve as an effective hook, and this particular design has a wavy/scalloped edge near the back good for chewing through cloth.

My only critique would be the Ji point may be a little too acute for the inherent wrenching and torque on impact caused by being mounted perpendicular to the shaft. That being said, if it isnt too thin I think it would still be fine unless you put it to heavy abuse like trying to punch through helms.

Does anyone here have direct experience with White Well Arms?

I placed an order with a deposit back in December 2018 for the custom polearm I started this thread about, and at the time I was given an April 2019 estimated completion date. I have messaged WWA a few times via their Facebook page and associated business email address, and the last response I got was in February (2019). Now there seems to be nothing but radio silence. The estimated completion date has come and gone (it is May/6/2019 as I write this), and my polite inquiries as to the status of my order are unanswered.

I'm not sure if I should be concerned about this lack of response. White Well Arms had a very good reputation as of the time I placed my order, but the last update to their Facebook business page was last updated in January (2019).

Is this their SOP? Do I have cause for concern?

Looks deadly dude, very nice

I'm very impressed by it. The design looks even better in three dimensions than I hoped it would, and the antique ge I decided on for the design example looks particularly viscous with those scalloped teeth. I'm really looking forward to killing some water bottles and produce with it.

I need to figure out a name for this thing. Hybrid ge/crow's beak doesn't exactly evoke the kind of awe that looking at this thing does.