ThomasT
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I think a lot of psychological conditioning would be required before a normal person would be mentally prepared to split someone's head open with an axe. Much more conditioning than simply shooting. I doubt if there's much psychological resistance involved in shooting. The gorier forms of combat take some really hard men.
In the late 1990s Texas executed a woman named Carla Faye Tucker for killing another person with a hatchet. So some aren't opposed to going Lizzy Borden if the situation calls for it.
I like Tomahawks and Machetes myself. I have a Trail Hawk I put a longer handle on all because of that scene in the Patriot movie. I just used friction tape on the lower end of the handle and added a loop of Parachord. In my truck I carry an Ontario 18" machete and a short hatchet. I used to use them when looking at roofs when a tree fell on a house to look for shingle and decking damage in my job as an insurance adjuster. I have chopped a lot of limbs with the machete.
I like to watch the "Forged In Fire" show on youtube. It gave me a whole new respect for swords and medieval weapons. There is one on the French hatchet I can't remember the name of but that sucker will kill you dead in just one blow.