An Axe is a metal blade attached to a wood staff. It can be double edged or simple edged. Its first use is to cut wood ; it's the main instrument of the lumberjack. It can also be used as a weapon or as an ornament.
Domestic use[]
Merlin carried a simple edged axe to cut wood, while Will pursued him and said that he didn't need an axe to fell a tree (The Moment of Truth).
Weapon use[]
- In The Beginning of the End, the executioner sharpened his simple edged axe to fulfil the punishment of Mordred, in the Main Square.
- The leader of the bandits, Kanen, rose a double edged axe to give Matthew the final blow, as the brigands raided Ealdor. Thanks to Arthur, he was stopped at the very last moment (The Moment of Truth) .
- For the Decennial Tournament, some contestants used an axe. Before the competition, one of the contestants was chopping a training dummy's head off with a double edged axe, and Nollar was throwing a hatchet into the target, while Merlin and Arthur were passing by (The Sorcerer's Shadow).
- Pursued by Caerleon's men, Merlin, in knight's disguise, fell to the ground as an axe landed between his legs. He took it to defend himself (His Father's Son).
Ornamental use[]
Edwin threw at Merlin an axe which adorned a wall of his chambers, but Merlin overpowered Edwin and sent him back the axe to kill him. (A Remedy to Cure All Ills)
