During Napoleonic times, and later on in the 19th century, farriers in army service carried long and heavy axes as part of their kit.

Several of them carried heavy axes and they ran forward, followed by others armed with cutlasses.

Splitting mauls are heavy axes (6 lbs or more) used for rough splitting of firewood.

Astonishingly, their heavy axes and Kurik's mace bounced off the thing in great showers of glowing sparks.

Jaqqa rhan moved among them, the mercy men with their heavy axes, taking a harvest of heads from the dead and dying alike.

Captain Kruug and several minotaurs rushed forward, attacking the creature with heavy axes.

In their strong hands they grasped their formidable spears and heavy axes.

Huge muscular types, mostly wearing furs, hacked and cut at each other with heavy axes.

The blades of their swords and heavy axes also appeared to be of copper or brass.

The dwarven warriors on the barge fingered their heavy axes and muttered to each other.