DANE AXE vs MONTANTE (Greatsword)

A fun matchup we did on a whim merely because we had these two training weapons to hand and we thought it would be fun. The synthetic montante is by Black Fencer (flamberge model) and is of exact typical weight (2,2kg) and handling for a small greatsword of it's type. The Dane Axe is a rubber head by Arcem (sold through Black Armoury) on an ash shaft. It weighs just over 1kg, putting it right at the bottom end of the 1-2kg typical weight range for this type of weapon, and clearly a little lighter in the head for safety reasons, giving the Axe a little bit of an advantage in agility over what it likely would have had, but not by a huge margin.

Note that the term "Dane axe" can me misleading in some regards, but it is also now in common usage and is even what the product used is named.

This was filmed at the AHF run Spring Open Sparring day, 2023, featuring a mix of different HEMA clubs from across England and Wales.

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