A girl needs an ax!

[kestrell]

I've been working on a Green Woman mask for Halloween, collecting bits and bobs to layer on to it, but I just had a thought regarding the perfect accessory: I think I need an ax!

There are two good reasons for this:
1. I love the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem, and
2. there's a song by the Flash Girls which came out a number of years ago titled "A Girl Needs a Knife" and, while the basic lyrics are in the title, I have always added my own lyrics such as a girl needs a stick (i.e., white cane), a girl needs an accessible flamethrower, a girl needs a Death Star, a girl needs a sentient talking black hole (based on a John Varley story).

Oo! I just thought of reason 3: I could do the Jack Nicholson scene from The Shining!

So...I'm sure I could find a really nice toy ax on Amazon, any suggestions? If it costs less than ten dollars, I'll probably go for it.

A Girl Needs a Knife" by the Flash Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXAjq0cNKB0

Comments

[cvirtue]

I can loan you an actual axe, if you like. It's not sharp, because it is "inherited" from someone long ago and I haven't used it as an axe.


And I think I have the paint that I could paint it in "white cane" colors, if you think that would be amusing.

[kestrell]

Tempting, very...tempting. I'm not eally going anywhere though, so I was thinking of just posing with it for a few pictures and...

How long is it? I was thinking more of twining an ivy around the handle, rather than going for the white cane effect.

[cvirtue]

It's about a foot long, and rusty. Edit: I suppose that means it's actually a hatchet.
Is Tom traveling out to 3Trolls these days, or staying home? Because I could leave it there for him if so.

[rinue]

I love this costume concept and enjoy imagining it!