I'm looking for a mod a realistic looking but above average sized battleaxe to the game for my oversized Nord. I want something that looks old and beat-up and as realistic as possible. I've looked but there seems to be a lack of mods for battleaxes. Any point in the right direction is appreciated.

maybe even a retexture of the Dwarven Axe?

trollf has excellent retextures in http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13884 and http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25309 - but then you get loads of stuff besides retextures of Dwarven axes of course.

http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/580-the-arsenal/ has some nice blunt weapons in it. More specifcally the Bearded Axe

If you want *realistic* weapons, I suggest looking at the Mount & Blade conversions (e.g., http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=23489), to begin with. There are some others that are in the general vicinity, but I think the M&B offerings are quite possibly the most realistic weapons I've seen for Oblivion, so far.

Check out some medieval/reniassance weaponry/fighting pages or books, if you are not already familiar with such things. It might be rather... surprising, what (for example) hammers and axes really looked like.

Yeah, I'm afraid 'massive' and 'realistic' would tend to contradict each other. Your average battleaxe was designed to work just as well for chopping wood as for chopping heads.

I already know all of this, but the thing is, it's a fantasy game. I want an axe that's believable and looks realistic. Not plastic or made of skulls or wielded by tiny teenagers with spikey blue hair :flame:

Thats all.

Maybe post a few pics of what you are looking for if you have something specific in mind.