Cutlass-Axe (Combination Boarding Weapon)

A combination tool-weapon pairing a cutlass-style blade with an axe head, issued to some 19th-century naval boarding parties to combine cutting, chopping, and rigging-clearing functions in a single implement. It reflected continued naval interest in multipurpose boarding equipment even as firearms became more reliable. Anti-piracy patrols of the era carried such combination tools alongside standard cutlasses.