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My New Cold Steel Viking Axe + Impressive Cut Test Video!
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You already made your explanation on the first page of this thread. You need it for "marauding and pillaging".
You could always buy a Thor's Hammer pendant and tell her it's part of your religion now. Any conscientious shield maiden should respect that.
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Dude the sad part is I already have a Viking spear head on the way so a war axe will probably wouldn't even faze her.
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Haha I tell you man, It feels great and the Wow factor on the friends faces is priceless lol
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Lol It is the technique and principle behind it to demonstrate what it can do. Believe it or not, this freaking axe is hard to make cuts with it, I cant believe I actually made 3 in a row lol. Something about cutting water bottles open brings me great satisfaction haha.
Try pumpkins. I love to smite pumpkins.
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Haha great Idea! I will probably make one at Halloween along with a few watermelons and such.
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Yeah the grind is so thin it makes some impressive cuts.
Last kick at the can, How does this baby fare for cleaving chunks of firewood? Sorry I brought his up but yer average Viking was probably keen to stay warm once the deceased's internal temperature started to drop and the victor's warming of hands in the victuals at most lasted an hour or two when it was really cold outside. Cold Steel makes good stuff but seems to me they are more and more catering to the movie, costume and frivolous market.
I have to apologize in advance since I am poking fun of you fantasy sword/axe collectors but do want to point out that a WalMart machete with a fine edge will duplicate the same slice. And it's one heck of a lot cheaper. But it is true; your overweight slob neighbour admitting to use a $20 machete to beat back his unruly hedge does not exude the same cache as does displaying a $200 (?) Viking axe next to a pile of beheaded pop bottles.
I have to apologize in advance since I am poking fun of you fantasy sword/axe collectors but do want to point out that a WalMart machete with a fine edge will duplicate the same slice. And it's one heck of a lot cheaper. But it is true; your overweight slob neighbour admitting to use a $20 machete to beat back his unruly hedge does not exude the same cache as does displaying a $200 (?) Viking axe next to a pile of beheaded pop bottles.
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It is totally fine lol. But we have 2 totally different tools here from which you are trying to compare too, The viking axe was not made to be an agricultural tool, I'm sure it would split a log but It wasn't designed for that at all. The design of the axe head and the grind is so thin it was made to slice through flesh and bone, it was made to dismember, everything down to the long handle which creates a ton of force. You don't even have to swing hard. With all due respect, In Cold Steel's defense I really cant agree with you, I like to think of them making historically accurate weapons... that movies like to use
this isn't a movie prop slouch by no means, this viking axe is made of solid hickory and 1055 carbon. It is true that a sharp machete from walmart can duplicate these cuts, but the purpose of this video wasn't just to cut bottles opening to show how sharp it is. The purpose was to show the power this thing had and how the vikings created something that was so brutal and full of creative design and to think of what it could do in actual battle is crazy. Oh and this doesn't qualify under fantasy but more less history lol. I have so many people ask me why I bought it, Well man, To me it was worth the money, I walk by it everyday, everyday it still puts a smile on my face and is a great conversation piece for the house when friends come over. Except the women stopped coming now 
jk lol. Oh and $90 amazon 
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I have machete's, hatchets, big choppers, and swords.
No reason I should not have battle axes (oh, wait, I do).
No reason I should not have a sword, and shield (oh, wait, I do).
I don't buy everything to cut my hedges or chop wood (I already have that covered with axes and chainsaws).
I buy swords and battle axes because they are fun.
I have used knives costing $1000 to chop wood, and trim back hanging bushes all the time (they were blocking my parking spot). A $100 recreation of a Dane axe, or great axe is just plain fun, and pretty inexpensive, as far as that goes.
That axe was not designed to cut wood, but people, and usually, unarmored people (the most the European peasants normally had was heavy, padded cloth, maybe a wooded shield).
That said, I have chopped wood with my Cold Steel pole axe. I used to have the head mounted on a pick handle for throwing. I can tell you that piece is very very robust. I would make that same cut if I took a few minutes on my belt sander and strop.
People pay thousands and thousands for replica katanas (without historical value) simply to have a functional copy. (they are cool, and fun, and even if nothing is ever cut...........even the hedges, they are enjoyable).
Sure, the edge on that new axe is probably a bit delicate to swing at plate armor, but I won't ever be doing that. No one uses plate armor in my neighborhood.
No reason I should not have battle axes (oh, wait, I do).
No reason I should not have a sword, and shield (oh, wait, I do).
I don't buy everything to cut my hedges or chop wood (I already have that covered with axes and chainsaws).
I buy swords and battle axes because they are fun.
I have used knives costing $1000 to chop wood, and trim back hanging bushes all the time (they were blocking my parking spot). A $100 recreation of a Dane axe, or great axe is just plain fun, and pretty inexpensive, as far as that goes.
That axe was not designed to cut wood, but people, and usually, unarmored people (the most the European peasants normally had was heavy, padded cloth, maybe a wooded shield).
That said, I have chopped wood with my Cold Steel pole axe. I used to have the head mounted on a pick handle for throwing. I can tell you that piece is very very robust. I would make that same cut if I took a few minutes on my belt sander and strop.
People pay thousands and thousands for replica katanas (without historical value) simply to have a functional copy. (they are cool, and fun, and even if nothing is ever cut...........even the hedges, they are enjoyable).
Sure, the edge on that new axe is probably a bit delicate to swing at plate armor, but I won't ever be doing that. No one uses plate armor in my neighborhood.
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I want to see that shield brother something else I know I don't need but want can think of a lot worse things to spend my extra cash on than a few things that makes the hunter gather in me enjoy making and using. Tomahawks War clubs Spears Axes Knives. Got a Osage Stave sitting in my bedroom getting ready to make a Selfbow mans gotta have a hobby right?
There's worse things ye could be doing. Too bad this "interest" scares sheeple.
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Haha Good stuff my friend!
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Thank you friend! Yeah it is awesome!
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thanks man! You ordered one? That is awesome dude! You will love it