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Most medieval European battle axes had a socketed head (meaning that the thicker, butt-end of the blade contained an opening into which a wooden haft was inserted), and some included langets—long strips of metal affixed to the faces of the haft to prevent it from being damaged during combat.
Offensive weapons Melee weapons. Battle axe; Bec de corbin; Bludgeon; Club; Flail; Flanged mace; Horseman's pick; Mace; Morning star; Quarterstaff; Shestopyor, Pernach; War hammer; Sword and hilt weapons. Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion ...
The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.
Two examples of a bardiche together with a flail, on display in Suzdal Several medieval battle axes including a 15th-century Austrian bardiche. A bardiche / b ɑːr ˈ d iː ʃ /, berdiche, bardische, bardeche, or berdish is a type of polearm used from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe.
Archer's axe: a one-handed axe with bearded head carried by medieval archers. It served both as melee weapon and tool. Defensively deployed archers in line used the poll of this axe to hammer wooden stakes into the ground and then sharpened the still exposed upper ends of these stakes by chopping them to points with the blade.
Today the poleaxe is a weapon of choice of many medieval re-enactors. Rubber poleaxe heads designed for safe combat are available commercially. Use in language. As a noun: An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle. (historical) A long-handled battle axe, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike.
