Inspired by unconventional and experimental weapons you might see from WW1 and WW2. It takes the general form of a stielhandgranate or "stick hand grenade" from WW1, but uses a hand-axe styled handle.
I thought I'd do myself the service of picking this project up again and finishing it since I like the look of the wire wrapping around the warhead in a clean but menacing manner.
The damaged rusty state it's in is supposed to convey an old war artifact that was never used or lost and has been recovered.