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 An ice axe consists of at least five components:
 *pick (1)&nbsp;— a hooked or curved end of the head that draws to a point set with teeth. The hooked design allows the axe to dig in faster when trying to self-arrest.
-*head (2)&nbsp;— usually made of steel and includes the [[pick]] and [[adze]]. One grips the head using either a self-arrest or [[self belay]] grip. There is a hole in the centre of the head called a ''[[carabiner]] hole'' but it is mostly used for attaching a wrist leash.
+*head (2)&nbsp;— usually made of steel and includes the pick and [[adze]]. One grips the head using either a self-arrest or [[self belay]] grip. There is a hole in the centre of the head called a ''[[carabiner]] hole'' but it is mostly used for attaching a wrist leash.
 *adze (3)&nbsp;— the flat, widest section of the head used for chopping steps in hard snow and ice. Ice climbing tools may have a hammer instead.
 *shaft (6)&nbsp;— straight, with a uniform cross-section that is usually wider in the adze-to-pick direction than in the side-to-side direction, and is flat on the sides and smoothly rounded on the pick and adze sides; and usually made of metal, e.g., [[aluminium|aluminum]] or titanium, or a composite material including some component such as fiberglass, Kevlar or carbon [[filament]].