Originally posted by The Archivist:

The Jotun Bane axe will never be as good for general use as the Blackmetal axe because poison is so commonly resisted or negated. Only two enemies are vulnerable to poison and they're both in the mountain caves. Axe lovers are really going to be let down by this one - and it's not even useful for looking good while chopping down trees because it has lower slash than a blackmetal, unless the poison damage somehow contributes to the "chop" damage dealt to trees.

Also what's with the lack of a new 1h mace in the mistlands? You're telling me that the place with the most dwarves conspicuously lacks a 1h hammer-type weapon?

The jotun bane seems to be at least as strong at chopping trees as the blackmetal axe, and it might even be slightly stronger (chop damage is separate from slash damage). The damage counts are variable, but based on testing I’m certain it isn’t worse than the blackmetal axe at chopping trees, and might even be stronger.