Axe

the cutting blade of an axe is parallel to the handle

the cutting blade of an adze is perpendicular to the handle.

this boarding axe, from 1833, has a deadly spike opposite of the axe head

this halberd adds a spike and a spear point

An axe is a cutting tool. Axes are hand tools. They are usually employed to cut wood.

Lumberjacks use axes to cut down trees. Fire-fighters use axes to gain access to locked room. Sailors used to use axes as weapons, during [[boarding parties. Homesteaders could build a crude log cabin, using only an axe, and the similar tool, the adze

Axes mount a steel head at one end of a wooden handle. The blade's cutting edge runs parallel to the axe's handle. Some woodworker's axes, and war axes, have to blades, on either side of the handle

a daneaxe's handle was approximately 150 centimetres (59 in), long, making it good tool for dismounting cavalry.