A boarding axe for comments

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Note that the Scandinavian type boarding axes, like the French hach de borde, had both forward and backward-facing langets attached to the haft that the head snapped onto. This system works remarkably well and after 200+ years, there was only the slightest looseness in the head (I used an exacto-knife and balsa wood to make tiny shivs of wood to fill th gaps. Now very nice and tight!).