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I'm married to a metallurgist - he asks whether your forging crew has the metal ready to go or if they have to melt down other things. If they have to melt down other things, that adds a couple of days. He also asks if it has to be forged (i.e., hammered into shape as a lump of hot metal) or cast (i.e., poured into a mold and allowed to harden). Cast is much faster, forged is much stronger.

ALSO it depends on how nice the axe is and whether it has a wooden or metal handle.

I don't think you could complete fifty axes in ten hours with hand-forge technology and two people, no matter what method you use--unless the axeheads are already finished and all they're doing is attaching the handle. (And if they don't have the handles--"shaft"--ready, they have to whittle them.)

Depending on whether this is medieval technology or more 18th Century, you may find the Gies' book "Daily Life in Medieval Times" helpful. ;)

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