West-European war axe used for either contact combat or non-contact combat, generally known as a throwing axe. The name "Francisca" was given by the Italians as for a weapong used by the Franks.*It is a characteristic na...

It is any equipment designed to protect the body in combat situations. Many materials were used for production, e.g. wood, hide, horn, bone, textiles and finally metal. Nowadays it could be made from plastic.* *One of ba...

Drilled stone, wooden shaft and bandage from ropes caused the discovery of one of the oldest human tools and later on a weapon - axe. The earliest it comes along in stone-age. The discovery of bronze and later on of iron...

A special kind of throwing axe. The blade had regular hoped edge which was projected quite high to both sides or a bit more to the top.*It was used for the cavalry fight from the 14th century as a throwing axe.

It was the Viking war axe from the beginning of 9th century. It had asymmetrical blade, lengthened in the bottom part of the edge (this sticking out part was called chin or beard, or in old German barda). That’s wh...