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Boat axe is the old name for the shaft axe of modern use.
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They were made from hard and homogeneous stones such as porphyry and so too were finely polished. It had a flared edge that was common in later types of double-headed axes along with a flared butt. Double-headed battle axe (3400-2900 BC) mainly of Germany and Denmark. This axe was an early example of the later Central European copper axes. Usually of greenstone, it was hammered out and polished over the whole surface. Polygonal axe (3,400-3,000 BC) which included a flared edge, an arched butt, and angled body with grooves and ridges. Polygonal Axe, Double-headed battle Axe, Boat Axeġ. It is believed that the shaft hole was made so small that it could not be attached to a sufficiently strong handle necessary for battle. These were not made of flint, but various stones, and though the name indicates they were carried in war, they were more for status or ceremonial usages. What has been called the Battle Axe Culture (3200 – 1800 BC) were stone shaft holed axes that were mounted on the end of shafts similar to later hatchets and axes. These included from earliest on: core axe, flake axe (large flake chipped from a core), Lihult axe (roughly hewn greenstone axe – igneous rock containing feldspar and hornblende – of western Sweden), thin-butted axe (from flint for use as a working axe), round stone axe (greenstone axe with rounded profile), and hollow-edged axe (with a concave blade). Stone-Age Axes were the first axes made of flint and stone and were held by the hand. However, steel was not common in Europe until medieval times.įlake, Greenstone, Hollow-edged axes, Roundstone axes Alexander the Great, during his conquest of India, at one point received from his conquest not gold, but thirty pounds of steel. Later still, steel, which is a hardened iron, was in use in China at around 400 BC and India around 200 BC. This occurred approximately 1,200 BC which became known as the Iron Age. Therefore, bronze was still common until the manufacturing of iron became cheap enough to be used for tools and weapons. These early uses of iron were mainly ceremonial and too expensive (eight times the value of gold) for everyday use including military.