content: Was that a real ax?  It's a maul. They're made for chopping firewood by digging in parallel to the grains on a log and splitting the halves away from each other. Mauls are usually a bit blunt because of this, and they're pretty unwieldy because they have a heavy head that sits on the end of a shaft far away from you. It takes time to swing and control it, and it requires a lot of space to do it properly as well. This person couldn't use it to full effect because of ceilings and walls and other objects. If this person wanted to really do some damage, an axe would have been a better choice, or better yet, a hatchet. A sharpened hatchet in the hands of someone like this would have done a lot of damage.