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The Lochaber axe, also called a '''Jeddart axe''', was a or Voulge in design. The blade was attached in two places and often had a sharp point coming off of the top. In addition a hook was attached to the reverse, supposedly used for scaling walls. Another use for the hook on the rear, was to hook the cavalry off of their horses. To implement this, as the cavalry charged, the highlanders would suddenly change formation, into a formation with clear channels through it. The horses would naturally go into these channels, and the foot soldiers would hook the cavalry off of their horses, and then behead them. By around 1767, the Lochaber axe was used mainly as a ceremonial weapon by the town guard of Edinburgh, Scotland.