The Battle Axe is a polearm shaped iron blade , and his steely cut that in narrower , which is the reverse , has a ring of iron, which enters the shaft . In the final centuries of the Middle Ages , the appearance of armor specialization led all offensive weapons or use. In the case of see how the traditional ax hatchet long begins to have "always" a " bib " on the opposite of the beak-shaped leaf or blade, and a vertical blade sharpened at its head , making calls armas.Esto axes is that the " penetration" was at that time a determining factor when it comes to pass - and wound - armor. Still, the great and renowned power axes chop maintained its main sheet and it fell into disuse in favor of hammers , mallets and spikes , as well as "hurt " a weapon was "overcome " . And this was nothing to get the armed enemy while not seriously injured had just " dented " in his armor and "bent" in the face of such forces magnos pits ( bumps ) .