Battle Axes

I got this as a gift.  This is a solid, well made, usable piece of equipment.  I knocked it around a little in the wood pile just to see what's what.  It seems like it would hold up pretty well.  It kind of reminds me of a modern interpretation of an old Vietnam war era tomahawk.  I like it.

Excellent medium size fighting/throwing axe. I love the old timey blacksmith look they give the axe head, and for the price it just can't be beat. I have one at the moment, am considering ordering 2 more to be more historically accurate. Factoid: The Franks would use the slightly curved handles not only for more accurate throwing, but if they were to miss their target the axe would continue to spin and "bounce" at the Roman masses. Terrifying!! All in all an excellent buy and MRL/ACC sells replacement shafts for cheap.

The axe head is thick, heavy, and a beast. It comes unsharpened but the design would naturally hook, tear, and shred anything it hit.

This is my go-to Ren Faire axe.  It is sturdy, good looking, and goes well with my ranger outfit.  Excellent price too.

A decent axe, especially if you can snag it a the Deal of the Day price.  My brother and I both bought one with no complaints.  Works with a variety of periods and styles.

I just received this a couple of days ago.  As with everything from MR, it came nicely packed and quickly delivered.  It has a nice weight and feel however, I did notice some wobble in the head of the axe to the handle.  I'll have to do some shoring up to make it more solid.  Also, I was surprised by how dull the blade was.  There was not an option for sharpening and I assumed it would have at least some edge.  It is pretty blunt.  At some point I'll look to put an edge on myself.  I've ordered mostly swords, daggers, and the likes from MR and have been very pleased.  This came just a bit under my expectation.  Still a nice item.

This AX is a Beast ! the handle is large . I will sand it to fit my hand . I had it sharpened and VERY HAPPY  that I did LOVE THIS AX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MR's axe offerings have always been more miss than hit with me. Most look beautiful in pictures but show up unsharpened without a realistic way to get a true edge on one.

Not so with the Orleans Battle Axe, complete with its top spike and rear spike.

I would like to see more of their axes done in this manner...double bladed battle axes, the Dragon Hunter axe, etc.

They finally got it right!

Maybe not great, but good at this price. Really, about the only thing I don't like about it is that it's a little plain. I'm thinking I may just need to 'antique' mine a little.

Materials seem good, very solid well-fitted secure handle. I'll use mine for re-enactment so I'll leave the factory edge. I doubt these were intended for chopping wood, though they will probably withstand light use.

I was fascinated by the design and didn't have anything like it in my collection (I have mostly rugged looking GDFB, Hanwei, a couple of Cold Steel). I was interested to find lots of historical references to this style of axe though, including this one on wikipedia for 'Battle Axes': Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, used an axe to defeat Henry de Bohun in single combat at the start of theBattle of Bannockburn in 1314. Given that Bruce was wielding the axe on horseback, it is likely that it was a one handed horseman's axe. They enjoyed a sustained revival among heavily armored equestrian combatants in the 15th century.

With the neo-Viking engraving on the head, I was definitely not expecting this axe to be so solid. Sharper than I expected as well, took a beating with no looseness in the handle. I'm not that great at throwing, but was able to stick 7 out of 12 throws right from the box!