Hand Ax

Jest as I raised my hand-ax I happened to cast my eyes down the hill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The adventurer, armed only with a hand-ax, trails the beast and traps it in a small valley like a hippodrome, perhaps five miles around, and runs the beast for two months, not allowing it to eat, drink or sleep, until it "fell to whimpering and crying like a baby." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most believe that H. erectus, armed with an advanced tool kit, known as the Acheulean or hand-ax tradition, became the first human species capable of braving an array of challenging environments outside Africa. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Some discussion of raw material selection and tool use was provided, with a link to the hand-ax History Mystery. ❋ Unknown (1999)

This time, she made a real hand-ax, taking special care to fashion the tip, making it thin and straight-edged and sharp. ❋ L.J. SMITH (1997)

The caption reads: A near-fatal step in 1929 led Dr. Leakey to the first known living site of hand-ax man. ❋ Virginia Morell (1995)

When nothing remained but the hand-ax, he charged again and again, striking when he could. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1964)

Returning to the woods, he used the hand-ax to gnaw a fairly straight shaft off a larrik bush, and secured one of the points to this with a strip cut from the fibrous interior of the plant. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1964)

And indeed, the Scientist had all sorts of things with him: a hand-ax, a sheath knife, a compass, a camera, binoculars, a stop watch, notebooks and pencils, a coil of rope, maps. ❋ Edward Ormondroyd (N/A)

"When you get through invoicin 'yer trooso, Winthrup, it wouldn't delay us none if you'd grasp that there hand-ax an' carve out a little fire-fodder." ❋ Unknown (1921)

"Looks like a man had gone after it with a hand-ax," he announced cheerfully. ❋ Jackson Gregory (1912)

I'll just be cofferdamned if I propose to remain at the head of a church whose educators, preachers and editors are forever hacking away at each other's goozle with a hand-ax and slinging slime like a lot of colored courtesans. ❋ Unknown (1905)

No Alpine stocks had been brought, but Gerald and Jim again sallied forth with the hand-ax, the result being that in a short while the entire party was equipped with walking sticks. ❋ Evelyn Raymond (1876)

Getting a hand-ax from the tool box, Gerald took Jim and marched off into the woods, while Ephraim was delegated to stay behind and "tote" things for the ladies. ❋ Evelyn Raymond (1876)

It wouldn't [surprise me] if [stone age] [jungle] dwellers still use a hand axe. ❋ Happyatcommonsense (2015)

[Stranger]: hey I think that boy looks like axe hand morgan! His [arms] are [so weird] ❋ Axe Hand Morgan (2021)

My "best-in-slot" One-Handed Axe is Crul'shorukh, [Edge] of [Chaos], but I don't think it will ever [drop] because it isn't real. ❋ Rngesus_please (2020)