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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2697831" data-attributes="member: 151">Actually, he's also worked as a stunt and fight-coordinator and is a member of the British Academy of Dramatic Combat, so he's not entirely without knowledge of the topic.&nbsp; As for Tolkien, there's really one one Axe I've found any reference to at all in Middle Earth, and that's Dramborleg, the Great Axe of Tuor.&nbsp; BUT, by the same token, the only named weapons of legend that any dwarf wielded that I'm aware of is Orcrist, when it fell into Thorin's hands...and that was an elf-blade.&nbsp; So, really, there's only one truly famous bow and axe throughout (although we see Gimli, the quintessential dwarf, wield the axe A LOT).Now, why hammers?&nbsp; Well, remember who created the dwarves in Tolkiens world: Aule the Smith.&nbsp; They were craftsmen, created by the Vala of the Forge.&nbsp; Hammers would have been a natural tendency.&nbsp; Regardless of weighting, axes, picks and hammers use the same martial style, this certainly would make using them easy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 2697831, member: 151"] Actually, he's also worked as a stunt and fight-coordinator and is a member of the British Academy of Dramatic Combat, so he's not entirely without knowledge of the topic. As for Tolkien, there's really one one Axe I've found any reference to at all in Middle Earth, and that's Dramborleg, the Great Axe of Tuor. BUT, by the same token, the only named weapons of legend that any dwarf wielded that I'm aware of is Orcrist, when it fell into Thorin's hands...and that was an elf-blade. So, really, there's only one truly famous bow and axe throughout (although we see Gimli, the quintessential dwarf, wield the axe A LOT). Now, why hammers? Well, remember who created the dwarves in Tolkiens world: Aule the Smith. They were craftsmen, created by the Vala of the Forge. Hammers would have been a natural tendency. Regardless of weighting, axes, picks and hammers use the same martial style, this certainly would make using them easy. [/QUOTE]

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