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    THE NORSE EDGE

    Oct 15, 2019 5 minutes
    BY DANIEL JACKSON
    IMAGES COURTESY OF THE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

    The fearsome reputation of the Vikings and their raids in their infamous longboats across Europe from the 8th through the 11th centuries is the stuff of legend. That reputation was augmented in no small part by the powerful axes they carried.

    If a conventional axe were an aircraft it would be a cargo plane, getting the job done. The Viking axe, on the other hand, is an A-10 Warthog, a powerful striker. Its reputation makes the enemy falter.

    This discussion is not limited to history books and rusted axe heads displayed in museums. In fact, you too can hold modern production Viking axes to see what made these choppers feared for centuries.

    AXE ARCHETYPE

    For Ernest Emerson*, headman of Emerson Knives, Inc., designing the company’s Battle Axe was a project near and dear to his heart.

    “I grew

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