View source for Broadaxe

== History ==
Broad axes have been used since ancient times until the end of the 19th century in Europe and North America. Broadaxes were commonly used in manufacture of square timbers for wooden [[shipbuilding]], [[log building]], [[timber framing]], and railroad ties sometimes called [[axe ties]].<ref>Railway age - Volume 110 - Page 982 axe ties</ref><ref>Richard M. Van Gaasbeek. Wooden Boat and Ship Building 2010 edition, reprint. 196</ref> Some broad axes are of a shape where part of the axe is called a [[Axe#Parts of the axe|beard]] so the axe is called a [[long-bearded axe]].