Pollaxe

The pollaxe is a type of European polearm which was very popular for foot combat during medieval times. It went by other terms such as poll-axe, pole axe, polax, or Hache (French meaning axe); however the accepted term is pollaxe from old English "head axe". Sometimes weapons such as the bardiche or the Danish axe are mistakenly called pole axe as they are indeed axes mounted on poles.

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The pollaxe design arose from the need to breach the plate armor of men at arms during the 14th and 15th centuries. Generally, the form consisted of a wooden shaft some 4-6.5 feet long, mounted with a steel head. It seems most schools of combat suggest a shaft length comparable to the height of the wielder, but some cases appear to have grown up to 8 feet in length.

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