Not the whole handle, because the usual technique when using a pickaxe is to hold firmly with the lower hand, but let the upper hand slide down the shaft as you swing. This creates greatest leverage.

Not the whole handle, because the usual technique when using a pickaxe is to hold firmly with the lower hand, but let the upper hand slide down the shaft as you swing. This creates greatest leverage.

If you’ve got to break up hard ground — concrete, asphalt, hard-packed dirt, etc. — nothing does the job better than a pickaxe. It’s a straightforward tool, and at first glance looks much ...

If you’ve got to break up hard ground — concrete, asphalt, hard-packed dirt, etc. — nothing does the job better than a pickaxe. It’s a straightforward tool, and at first glance looks much ...

If you’ve got to break up hard ground — concrete, asphalt, hard-packed dirt, etc. — nothing does the job better than a pickaxe. It’s a straightforward tool, and at first glance looks much ...

If you’ve got to break up hard ground — concrete, asphalt, hard-packed dirt, etc. — nothing does the job better than a pickaxe. It’s a straightforward tool, and at first glance looks much ...

He conceded that he had kept a pick-axe handle in the house in case anyone came to fight him, the court heard. On September 13, 2002, he was trying to cook a boil-in-the-bag curry, but he didn't ...

A former pet-sitter was caught on CCTV launching a horrifying pick-axe attack on his neighbour in a row over a dog. Christopher Secker, 44, knelt over his 57-year-old his victim, punching her in ...