Yet another custom Axe recommendation post - Dane Axe with engravings

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bigmike82

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I've seen a few people recommended through the forums, but I haven't seen any that truly strike me as having done what I want.

So I'm getting married in two months, and in exchange for me wearing a suit, I get to cut the cake with axe. Awesome right?

I don't just want any axe. I want a big, beefy Dane axe (or a short-bearded axe). Key word is big...I'm a 6'3 fat axe (get it?), so I'd ideally like something that's at least ~ 5 feet long with a hefty head. Heavy and thick would be awesome.

On that same topic, I want it to be usable. Not because I ever intend to use it, but because I feel better about stuff I buy if I could potentially use it should I need to. Irrational, I know, but it is what it is. Iron head with steel blade is pretty much a requirement.

To add one last requirement...I want some cool ceremonial Norse-style carvings on the head. I'd love to be able to hand this down to my kids and grand kids and have them appreciate (or humor) my weird taste in things. I want it to look awesome hanging in our entryway.

I'm not averse to spending 500 or more dollars on it...I just want it to be really, really cool. I'm also not unwilling to have it sent to an engraver who specializes in norse carvings if I can find the right axe.

So...am I nuts in what I want? Do any of you guys have any suggestions? Tips can be rewarded with beer, payable in person in the LA area.

Thanks in advance for any advice!
 
The more I read this the more it seems to me its about some kind of reenactment piece though that's just a guess. Furthermore along this line of thinking, I am confused about the combination of "five feet long" and "usable".
The only meaning I can construe from these criteria is an axe for chopping off heads.

E.DB.
 
I hope all that about chopping off heads n stuff didn't come across in such a posting as a mockery of the idea, it wasnt. I honestly was trying to get a clearer picture of exactly what was going on. Sorry if it put a damper on further input. BUT, and coincidentally, I was just doing some pointed computer searchings on, you guessed it axes, and happened to find this.

http://blogg.vm.ntnu.no/samlingsglimt/2012/01/06/hodeloes-vandret-han-heden/

You will have to hit the translate button yourself if you aren't up on your Norwegian.

If this kind of an axe is in the neighborhood of what bigmike82 has in mind I'm not the one to say, though I doubt 500$ would get the half of it.

E.DB.
 
Hey, maybe John Neeman does something that will fit the bill. I haven't been to the site in a while, but I remember something with an ornamented blade...
 
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