Editing Labrys (section)

==Modern uses==
===Weapon===
While double axes are common in modern [[high fantasy]] settings, in reality they were not commonly used in combat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Axes: Hephaestus's labrys |date=March 17, 2020 |website=Sword Temple |url=https://swordtemple.org/axes-hephaestuss-labrys/ |access-date=21 September 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923193416/https://swordtemple.org/axes-hephaestuss-labrys/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Sport===
Double-bit axes were common in North American forestry: One blade would be sharp and used for felling, whilst the other was a little blunter for limbing. As the forest workers (lumberjacks) were often away from civilization for long periods of time they needed a way to amuse themselves. Thus the sport of double-bit axe throwing was born. In recent decades the sport has been formalised with Swedish company [[Gränsfors Bruk]] writing the rules most widely accepted. There are now multiple clubs across Europe that throw double-bit. The sport of double-bit was formalised in the 1990s, whereas [[hatchet]] throwing was formalised in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yxanvändning |trans-title=Axe Throwing |website=Gränsfors Bruks AB |date=2 February 2019 |place=Sweden |url=https://www.gransforsbruk.com/en/info/axe_throwing/}}</ref>