No, they weren't. Axes for wood chopping are shaped with a single edge that forms a wedge at the end so that it effectively cuts into a stump of wood in which the back wedge helps to split it apart. The long handle is used for momentum when you lift it above your head and then slide your hands to the bottom handle groove to generate more power into the axe head. Double bladed axes were never used for that... in fact, I can't even specifically recall anything talking about double bladed axes to begin with, except in fantasy.

The strawman post, linking me the specifics as to why double bladed axes are not used for combat, was not related to my first sentence because my post was specifically in reference to the other poster claiming that double bladed axes are used for chopping wood, which I highly doubt they ever were. Admittedly, I don't know what the hell double bladed axes are used for, so I just went ahead and said that they were used in combat instead of for chopping wood. My point here is that my post was about axes that chop wood rather than axes that are used for combat. I don't think I really care about axes in combat, and that is evident in my incorrect claim that double bladed axes are used in combat.

That is all. :rolleyes:

Oh wait, so I shouldn't use my double-bit felling axe to chop down trees? Well that's news to me.

Uh, it was no strawman. Saying that they were used for combat, regardless of context, means exactly that you are of the opinion that they were used in combat. It's not a binary decision between chopping wood or being used in combat. You could have made your point without making use of the erroneous statement. You can't claim that people are using straw men arguments because they are unable to read your mind. Your post said just that, and if you did not mean it, then that's alright, but whoever reads it will get the idea that you support that opinion. So don't really blame people for not getting your point if you did not word it as intended.

Yes, I know this is fantasy, but I'm not saying have away with the double-bitted axes . Just give us options in the end-game equipment.

Double bitted axes were and still are very common for tree felling.
This simple http://www.google.com/search?q=double+bitted+axe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=double+bitted+axe&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=2Aa&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=zFlzTrWMLLC30gHE3NHmDQ&ved=0CEAQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7029da0253bd3a3f&biw=1280&bih=681 shows how common they are even today .

I hate double edged axes, they are so unrealistic and dont make any sense. They are only good for tree felling, because they are so heavy. Totally useless for combat, because they are so heavy.
Lol at the guy saying the exact opposite on the first page. Being ignorant and being proud to share it

I love bearded axes, however, and a onehanded bearded axe is confirmed.



(edit: I dont think there shouldnt be any double edged axes or something, just that I dont like them - I want to have more options)

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe

Get your facts right before jumping to conclusions.

If you are not sure about what youre talking about (and thats for sure, because youre absolutely incorrect), why act as if you know everything and sit on your claims?

I mean, seriously, thats the kind of attitude no one likes

ROFL.

Everyone else- " No dude you're wrong."

The Passage- " Mommy says I'm right and no-one can change that"

Everyone else- " You mad bro?"

I'm sure that what you're describing are the Waraxes from Oblivion. A one handed single sided axe. I haven't played Oblivion in a while though so I could be mistaken.

My wife is a two-headed battle axe.... bliviongate:

Quite a few battleaxes in Morrowind had one sided beards, but most in Oblivion have 2.
I like two sided beards however.

Okay, lets stop this side discussion.

As for me, I would like there to be more single edged axes. I'm not liking axes with two heads anymore. I guess it's mainly because the coolest axes ever made only need one head, and that's http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/images/khorne_berzerker_chainaxe_1_large.jpg

lololol, wow you're hilarious! :goodjob: Wait, also, what the hell does this have to do with my mother? You keep her out of this, you bearded gremlin!



http://aginsinn.yeoldeinn.com/tiles/twobladedaxe.jpg is what I imagine of when I think of double bladed axes. You ain't going to be chopping wood with that thing, sorry. Anyway, I stand corrected, yet again, on the double bladed axe used to for chopping wood thing, and I'm brave enough to admit that -- thanks. However, again, that was what I imagined when I think of double bladed axes. There was no way in hell I was going to go and research axes at 4:00 in the morning, though, so feel free to continue biting my head off about axes, of all things in the world, like a bunch of MA nerds if it makes you feel all warm and jolly inside! :icecream:

By the way, for technicalities sake, that was still a strawman post. My post was about axes in relation to wood chopping not axes related to combat. That post took the second sentence, out of context of the first, and proceeded to talk about something that was different than what I was originally talking about. That is the very definition of a strawman post.

Like I already admitted before, I'm not an axe combat specialist - couldn't care less - and I guess I'm not a woodsman's axe specialist either! Don't strawman my post and expect me to be one, though.

Yeah, the lack of variation in OB was somewhat disappointing, but in no way an issue for me as i rarely used them.
Still, i would like a little more variation in skyrim though Can't really hurt can it?

And as a little footnote:

anyone else feeling warm and fuzzy on the inside when seeing http://lostinasupermarket.com/2009/05/bad-axe/? :hubbahubba:

the war axes were only one sided

So... in actual fact my reply was exact in response to your claim that doubleheaded axes were used for combat.

Right! I knew there was something odd about a "single bitted battleaxe" ! :whistling:
According to OB: Waraxe = single bitted, Battleaxe = dual bitted.

Thanks for the reminder mate :thumbsup:

Sure, if you want to look at it like that. I guess I look at it like I don't really care, at all, and I thought they weren't used for chopping wood - which was my main point - so I'll just throw them at combat without a care in the world. Perhaps I shouldn't have said anything about it all? Perhaps but then again, it was 4:00 in the morning, I was bored, and I couldn't sleep. Oh well?

You're right, I'm wrong. Satisfied? :icecream:

Try telling that to someone in the middle ages who used an axe like that then. bliviongate:

Sigh...I hope this is sarcasm. If it is please stop using sarcasm, it doesn't travel through a text medium very well.