Masakari Hewing Axe

However those depictions are total fantasy due to the impressive dimension of the weapons.

Masakari hewing axe. Oxbow farm 9 015 views. Make offer vintage large broad head hewing axe head 8lb 8 wide bit x 10 3 4 blade vintage 14 broad hewing hatchet wood axe with wood handle 3lbs 4oz 15 75 6d 7h. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled a suggested video will automatically play next. The generic term for axe or hatchet is rather ono or sometimes also chouna.

Hewing axes are designed to cut and shape large pieces of wood. The ono is the weapon of choice for kintarō a japanese folk hero. This video is unavailable. Ermac from the mortal kombat series uses a black and silver ono in his weapon style though the style is simply titled axe.

Rainy day hewing white oak sill timbers for our timber frame workshop. Masakari is translated for instance as battle axe but we have been assured that it is certainly not a weapon but simply means a hatchet with a broad blade. Many people around the world use them to shape large unwieldy logs into timber beams that can be used practically. In past centuries wood beams were often made by splitting the logs with some type of mallet and wedge or glut.

In the japanese folklore the axe was the weapon of choice of kintaro 金太郎 and in many ukiyo e huge war axes were associated with mighty warriors. In battletech the draconis combine mustered soldiery nickname the clan battlemech warhawk the masakari. But the latter name is more frequently used to mean an adze. Hewing for homesteaders hewing with a boy s axe duration.

When iron axes became available the hewing ax almost replaced the adz. The hewing axe is the preferred tool for flattening the surface of round logs.