Viking axe, length 75 cm
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- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Gorget
- Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
- Sax
- Also saex. Long and heavy single-edged knife prefered by the Nordic peoples. Saxes could up to 3 ft in length, and hilted like …
- War axe
- The term war axe is not a particular weapon but rather descriptive of an axe designed specifically for use in combat. War axes were generally…