An axe or ax, is a weapon featuring one or two large blades mounted crosswise on a handle. Axes are not frequently used in the Redwall series, but a few large and powerful creatures favor it for combat, including badgers and wildcats. Axe users include characters such as Orlando the Axe, named so for his gigantic two-blade axe; Sagaxus, who took his axe from Plugg Firetail; Folgrim, who took his single blade axe from a fox named Sholabar; and Inbar Trueflight, who borrowed one from Cleckstarr Lepus Montisle.
Some creatures often carry smaller axes, or hatchets. It is mentioned in Rakkety Tam that some members of the Long Patrol wield this weapon.