Ice Axe

The Ice axe is a weapon cut from Half-Life 2. It can be found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta.

Overview
An ice axe is a multi-purpose mountaineering tool carried by practically every mountaineer.

The Ice Axe was probably dropped along with the Borealis concept, and also because it was identical in operation (in-game terms) with Gordon's trademark crowbar.

The sounds from swinging the ice axe can be found in the games files, the sounds are used for the crowbar swings.