| The name Aztec Macuahuitl Sword is sort of a | | | | The sharpened pieces of Obsidian were held in |
| misnomer. It's more of a Battle Weapon that is | | | | place by an adhesive compound. Sometimes the |
| shaped kind of like a wooden sword but not | | | | rows of Obsidian Blades were placed perfectly |
| exactly like one. They have prismatic blades that | | | | uniform, but on some weapons they were |
| are made with obsidian. Prismatic Blades are long | | | | random and didn't adhere to a perfect pattern. |
| and narrow with parallel margins. These Prismatic | | | | Some of these Battle Weapons had one handed |
| Blades are all up and down the weapon, and would | | | | grips, and others had two handed grips and were |
| cause very deep lascerating cuts in battle. | | | | made to be used with both hands. |
| Obsidian is a type of Volcanic Glass that is formed | | | | Some of the two handed Aztec Macuahuitl |
| into a hardened rock. Obsidian was often used to | | | | Swords were as long as a man standing up. The |
| make tools by the early Aztecs. | | | | Macuahuitl was sharp enough to cut off a mans |
| This weapon typically had 10 blades, 5 columns | | | | head. Rumor has it that one could even take off |
| and 2 rows. Think of a circular pole with one blade | | | | the head of a horse. So in all retrospect this |
| on each end, the 5 vertically in the same place to | | | | weapon was as powerful as any sword. The |
| give you an idea of how this weapon was | | | | drawback of using one was that it took longer to |
| constructed. The Aztec Military regime of the | | | | swing the club than it did to deliver a thrust or |
| 16th century and other factions of central Mexico | | | | swing with the sword. Aztec Warriors had to |
| used this weapon frequently. This weapon is also | | | | spread out in Battle Formations since they needed |
| commonly referred to as a sword or club, but it's | | | | more room to swing the weapon. |
| not truly equivalent to a European Weapon of a | | | | The last known Authentic Aztec Macuahuitl Sword |
| similar type. | | | | was destroyed in 1884. There could be a few |
| The Aztec Macuahuitl Sword is about 3-4 feet in | | | | more out there passed down by geneaology, but |
| length, and about 3 inches in diameter. | | | | it's not public knowledge. |