{"id":1551,"date":"2020-07-16T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2020-07-17T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T22:56:07","slug":"shangaan-axe-on-dual-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/2020\/07\/shangaan-axe-on-dual-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Shangaan Axe on Dual Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”20px||0px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″]

The Shangaan Axe on Dual Survival can be found in Season 3, Episode 3 “On the Menu”. The two survivalists and hosts Joseph Teti and Cody Lundin don’t carry personal knives this time. They are in a game preserve in South Africa and find what looks to be an authentic African bush axe Joe calls a “Shangaan Axe”.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″]

Season 3, Episode 3: \u201cOn the Menu\u201d (S03 EP03)<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]

For the scenario in this episode Cody and Joe are two game wardens whose vehicle has overheated and they attempt to walk out. Other than their clothes they don’t have any equipment or tools. They find the remains of a giraffe skeleton, including some giraffe tail hair.<\/p>\n

They also discover a poacher’s camp, where they find a backpack, water jug, potassium permanganate, sugar, a hat, and the Shangaan Axe.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]

The axe is used to fashion spears, split a bone for a throwing “stick”, clean a catfish and cut branches for shelter. Joe comments it is not very sharp.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″]

Shangaan Axe on Dual Survival<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]

This type of axe doesn’t have an eye.\u00a0Based on some research of a smilar looking African axe, it is forged with a shank then fitted and pressed\u00a0into a root burl of a hard wood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.wedoitoutside.com\/2017\/10\/23\/kalahari-survival-guide-the-bushmen-axe\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]The typical handle material traditinally used according to the above source is silver terminalia\u00a0Terminalia sericea<\/a><\/em>.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″]

I like the rustic and earthy style of the axe. It looks like a great utility tool. It’s the type of axe (really a hatchet) that can be used as a knife. It seems smart to use the local tools when surviving in a particular area. “When in Rome”.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on4161__01.jpg” alt=”Shangaan Axe” title_text=”Swedish-Axe-Dual-Survival” url=”https:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Swedish-Axe-Dual-Survival.jpg” _builder_version=”4.4.8″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″]

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-african-1870-shoka-war-axe?variant=38445568261<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Shangaan Axe on Dual Survival can be found in Season 3, Episode 3 “On the Menu”. The two survivalists and hosts Joseph Teti and Cody Lundin don’t carry personal knives this time. They are in a game preserve in South Africa and find what looks to be an authentic African bush axe Joe calls […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

I like the show Forged in Fire and I like axes. So I keep tabs on which episodes of Forged in Fire feature an axe. In well over one hundred of episodes of the show there have only been 16 so far in which an axe makes an appearance. Episode 31 of season 7 \"Titanium Smackdown\" is a Forged in Fire Episode featuring an axe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Horseman's Tabar with wooden haft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Season 7, Episode 31: \u201cTitanium Smackdown\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

No axes appear in the first two rounds of competition. They did things a little backwards from usual, with smith's being charged with forging titanium handles before creating a blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finale Weapon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The finale weapon is the Horseman's Tabar: a one handed Indo-Persian axe. The example Tabar in the show looks a little janky to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horseman's Tabar, according to the show, is a weapon used by Indian Calvary from the 16th-18th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t believe in metal handles on axes. It was a parameter and for a weapon it probably makes sense. Also a parameter was a hidden dagger in the haft that doubled as a pommel for the axe and the handle of the dagger. On the one hand it is kinda cool. I also get that it is historically accurate, but it seems impractical and I wouldn\u2019t want a dagger falling out of my axe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Complete<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I liked the clean lines of the first competitors Tabar. I thought the judges would complain about what looked like a thin and round handle but they did not mention it so it must have indexed okay and been grippy enough. The axe blade did take some damage on the strength test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other competitor seemed to lack on the fit and finish front. I appreciate the thought of doing a leather wrap on the handle to try to make it index better. I normally don\u2019t like a wrapped handle like that on an axe because it makes it impossible to slide your hand down the axe handle in a two handed strike, but since the Horseman\u2019s Tabar was probably only used as a one handed weapon this is a mute point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Ben Abbot pointed out he actually didn\u2019t align the wrap with the head so it wasn\u2019t indexed right. Judge Doug Marcaida actually complained the handle slipped in his hand. So the wrapped handle was good idea that was not executed effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While both smiths put together functional Tabars, as it often the case on Forged in Fire, the competition came down to handle design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axes in the episode<\/strong>: finale weapon Horseman's Tabar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, I maintain a complete listing of Forged in Fire Episodes with Axes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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