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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Feb 12, 2023 16:42:47 GMT
I have wondered for years what langets on an axe serve. Functionally, I suspect they help spread lateral shock to a larger part of the handle to reduce breakage. On a pole axe/ warhammer thats the general purpose... But is this also purely decorative? Here's an example.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Feb 12, 2023 17:42:46 GMT
I couldn't find an official reason but two ideas I have. One is to protect the shaft and the other is to give more stability to the axe head especially when it's a big broader axe blade with such a small axe shaft socket (whatever the name is). Or it's just a cool looking batman thing.
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Post by Mark Millman on Feb 12, 2023 18:56:27 GMT
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Feb 12, 2023 19:14:23 GMT
Wow! Your search - fu is powerful. usung them to reduce the needed amount of steel makes sense..
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Post by pgandy on Feb 12, 2023 23:22:40 GMT
Not historical but I could have used languets on a modern axe. I was visiting my mother and she asked me to cut a supply of fire wood for the winter with an axe she had borrowed from a neighbour. Which I did. At the end I had become overly tired but continued. Which was a mistake as I was losing control causing my accuracy to suffer. I finally connected just behind the axe head which acted as a fulcrum point but the handle had no intention of flexing, snapping the haft just behind the head. I bought the owner a new handle but had no means nor time to replace the broken one. A pair on languets would have prevented that. If that happened on a battle field it would have ruined my day, I felt bad enough as it was.
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