Damascus Broad Bearded Axe. Ref 312

£1,390.00

Damascus Broad Axe .

  • Dimensions: edge 7 inches, edge to poll 8 inches, handle  35 inches
  • Head weight: around 1 1/4 pounds, whole axe 2lb 2oz, this is a light fast axe.
  • Axe head material: Head 15N20 and Cs80 and EN42J steel
  • Axe handle material: flame blackned ash

 

 

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Description

This damascus Broad axe is forge welded up from two billets of steel. The body of the axe is formed by folding a 100 layer piece of damascus back on its self another 240 layers is then inserted at the edge and the whole axe forge welded together giving 720 layers of steel at the edge. The pattern in the damascus is formed when the hammering used to make the axe pushed layers beneath each other, the process of the making is written in the steel!