Axe... Simply axe...
The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many forms and specialized uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle, or helve.
The earliest examples of axes have heads of stone with some form of wooden handle attached (hafted) in a method to suit the available materials and use. Axes made of copper, bronze, iron, steel appeared as these technologies developed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe
This tool can get a tree for building and heating of dwelling... But... Can be also the terrible weapon in hands of the despair people...
This item opens my series of the Russian weapon.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_peasant_in_1812_British_Caricature_2.jpg
