Replica Battle Axe with Spiked Axe Head

The blade is very thin, not that I would use it anyway. These medieval items are only of historical interest to me, for display. By the way, the handle is very accurate despite what you might think. I found a photograph in a book on medieval arms showing that handle on a mace in a museum. The silver-colored disks on either side of the leather grip are identical to this axe.

Well for starters don't look at the picture in the right hand corner, totally misleading. The battle axe is only 2 and 1/4th feet long. Also the axe came a little rusted on the handle and on the head but that's nothing a little steel wool cant fix. Don't get me wrong its still really cool just don't look at the picture in the corner :)

It was a very good axe for a little while, but part of the shaft going up towards the axehead is hollow. I hit it off of something and broke off right at the base of the axehead. I don't fully believe it should be labeled as "battle-ready" when it couldn't withstand a hit. I realize that no weapon is impervious to damage, but not off of something such as a tree. It was a great weapon to have around for a little while though.