Axe

An axe (斧) is a shaft (usually metal or wood) with a bladed head attached to the opposite end of the handle.

Strengths and Weaknesses


Axes are not commonly used in One Piece, but have made several appearances. Axes themselves have a variety of uses and are designed to be a chopping tool with a single or double headed blade, while variaties like the "hatchet" have a hammer on the other side. The design of the axe has remained mostly the same for centuries and is one of the older forms of tools made by man (the other being the spear, which was originally made out of sharp stones such as flintthat were fashioned onto small handles). The axe head was altered slightly to fit the needs, for chopping and other precision required axes the blades are normally narrower while ones designed for combat much heavier.

In combat, the strength of the axe is its ability to deal a blow to a foe, often creating a single leathal blow, often relying as much on the weight of the blade itself to deal the force as the thrust itself. Light-weight versions, however, could be ultilised for throwing. Compared to other throwing weapons such as the javelin or daggers, their use as a throwing weapon is often deadlier, but harder to be precise with.

Types
Axes are essentially broken down into two categories, though there is sometimes overlapping, normally axes are design for a sepecific purpose.

Tools-based
Though a axe could be used for weapons, several characters have been seen using axes built for chopping things such as wood.

Weapon based
These axes were designed for battle.

Apparitions
Morgan is the first significant person within the series to use an axe, having replaced his severed right hand with a large single-bladed axe, living to his epithet "Axe-Hand Morgan". Brogy wielded a Bruiser Axe that ultimately shattered after 100 years of battle. Kashi, like his captain Brogy, uses a single-sided axe. Sentomaru uses a giant, double-bladed broadaxe that is known as a masakari, but only utilizes it in tougher situations. X Drake uses a peculiar type of battle axe, in which is has four blades, one in each cardinal direction. Ronse uses a giant double-bladed axe. Vander Decken IX uses a large amount of giant axes, embossed with rose design on the center, either with single or double sided blades; he would either use them for close combat (single-side) or as throwing projectiles (double-blade) that is combined with hisMato Mato no Mi.