An axe is a tool used for the cutting of objects.
It is composed of a shaft and a steel wedge, which is sharpened on the narrow
side.
The axe is one of the oldest tools used for
felling trees (buffer 10 to 11). Furthermore, it can be exploited for delimbing
(buffer 11 to 12) and wood splitting (buffer 12 to 13).
Because human force is needed to cut with
an axe, the work with an axe is assigned to the manual work. Other harvesting tools,
the use of which is assigned to manual work, are the machete, the bush knife,
and the hand saw.
