A heavy, hooked blade affixed to a long handle (like an axe), with one or both edges sharpened.

(US, especially Mississippi) A sling blade, a heavy, hooked blade affixed to a long handle (like an axe), with one or both edges sharpened.

Alternative form of Kaiser blade (“sling blade”)

(archaeology) A prehistoric flint knife with one edge blunted (backed) and the other sharpened.

plural of bladesmith

A maker of knives and swords.

The work of a bladesmith; the manufacture of knives and swords.