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==Hand axes== Axes can be both weapons and also tools. Many may have been used as both.<br>Petersen used the following to determine the typology:<br>* The shaft hole lobes - can be long or short, more or less pointed, or cut clean, upper and lower lobes can be of different length, they can be directly opposed to each other, or offset, one further forward than the other. * The width behind the shaft hole - The older types have a long and wide portion behind the shaft hole.* The blade - can be more or less curved outward, more curved out below than above, and even be sloped in relation to the shaft hole section.
==Type A (Rygh 557 / Wheeler I)=...with beards={{Type||gh=60px|i1=Axe type A.jpg|i2=R557.jpg{{!}}R557|i3=Axe Wheeler I.jpg{{!}}Wheeler I}}
==Wheeler II=...without beards={{Type||gh=60px|i1=Axe Wheeler II.jpg{{!}}Wheeler II}}
==Throwing axesType B (Rygh 559 / Wheeler III)==I am currently unaware of any evidence for throwing axes from the Viking Age (AD 793-1100). A {{Type||gh=60px|i1=Axe type of axe called a 'Francisca' was specifically designed for throwingB. It dates to the period AD 400-550jpg|i2=R559. [WHEELER 1935:p.141]. Wheeler suggests that it evolves into the bearded axe of the Viking Age [WHEELER 1927:p.24]. <br>jpg{{!}}R557It has been suggested that small axes such as the Mammen |i3=Axe, from Mammen in Denmark, may have possibly been thrown [CITATION NEEDED]Wheeler III.jpg{{!}}Wheeler III}}
==Type C== ==Type D== ==Type E== ==Type F== ==Type G== ==Type H== ==Type I== ==Type K== ==Type L== ==Type M - Broad axe (Dane axe)==
[[File:London-Axe London Bridge Dane Axes.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Museum of London <br>London Bridge]]
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==Throwing axes==
I am currently unaware of any evidence for throwing axes from the Viking Age (AD 793-1100). A type of axe called a 'Francisca' was specifically designed for throwing. It dates to the period AD 400-550. [WHEELER 1935:p.141]. Wheeler suggests that it evolves into the bearded axe of the Viking Age [WHEELER 1927:p.24]. <br>
It has been suggested that small axes such as the Mammen Axe, from Mammen in Denmark, may have possibly been thrown [CITATION NEEDED].
==Leather axe loops==