Illustrations

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A wooden greatclub, with top and side views.

 

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This design came out of a question I asked myself. What makes an axe, an axe? I came up with three criteria for what I consider an axe. 1) It has an edge. 2) It has mass for driving that edge. 3) It has a shaft of some kind. Normally the edge and the mass are combined in a heavy head. But I don't think that has to be the only solution. So I came up with this design, with a side and top view. I think of it as a sort of post-modern axe.

The edge is reinforced by the horizontal bars. The central mass would be cast iron or steel. As would the pommel, for some balance.

 

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A futuristic polearm. Something suitable for Star Wars or Farscape.

 

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This is either a bladed pick or very short war scythe.

 

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A spear with a lobster tail design. I have a few ideas that will play off of this design.

 

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A further evolution of the above design.

 

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A notched sword design.

 

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An all steel great hammer.

 

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Someone on a newsgroup requested some broadhead designs. Here's my first crack at them. I'm starting fairly plain before I begin to experiment.

 

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I've started to experiment with the broadhead designs.