This weapon was also known as the Hungry Wood. At first glance the Macuahuitl looked like a frightening club, but as the conquistadors wrote in their reports after encounters with the Aztec warriors, it was discovered to be the Aztec version of a sword. The obsidian shards that lined each side of the wood was sharp enough to create a sawing style weapon that was capable of removing a man’s head without much more effort than a sword would.
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The Macuahuitl was anywhere from three to four feet in length and about three inches wide and flat. The edges contained grooves where razor sharp pieces of obsidian and flint were fit into and attached with a strong adhesive. There are accounts of a two handed version of this weapon with a longer handle and as long as five and half feet. The rows of obsidian were never consistent from one weapon to the other. Some were lined tightly to create a solid edge while others spaced out the shards and making it appear as jagged teeth.
