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  • Loial and Aram followed close behind — the Ogier, afoot with his long-hafted axe on his shoulder, bent his knees — and then the Two Rivers men, crouching on their saddles well beyond the gateway.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

  • "I am going, too," Loial added, leaning on his long-hafted axe.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

  • He and Wulfgar were back to back a short distance away, the lizardman brandished a broad-bladed, double-edged sword while the dwarf held a long-hafted axe and practiced laying about him with vicious half-circle arcs.

    Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • He and Wulfgar were back to back a short distance away, the lizardman brandished a broad-bladed, double-edged sword while the dwarf held a long-hafted axe and practiced laying about him with vicious half-circle arcs.

    Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • He clapped his hands to kindle the few lights still in working order, then fumbled among the shadows for the long-hafted, narrow-bladed hatchet with which he split shingles and drove roofing nails.

    Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993

  • It was not a dagger, but a good, long-hafted knife, sharp and thin, such as any practical man might carry on him for a dozen lawful purposes, from carving his meat at the table to scaring off footpads on ajourney, or the occasional wild boar in the forest.

    The Rose Rent Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986

  • Stein cantered out on his chaliko, rode up to the steps, lowered his long-hafted glass axe, and saluted by touching his gray torc.

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • Even the natives, awed by the impending assault, were silent as they handled their bows and long-hafted spears.

    Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Ernest [Illustrator] Prater 1917

  • Weston was engaged with several others flinging gravel into a flat car with a long-hafted shovel the next morning when Cassidy strode up the track; and, though the men already had been working hard, they quickened the pace a little when they saw him.

    The Gold Trail Harold Bindloss 1905

  • All of them, without exception, were nursing evil-looking, long-hafted, broad-bladed spears, and carried, belted to their waists, long-bladed knives, with wavy blades, somewhat similar to the Malay

    A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Harry Collingwood 1886

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