Spear vs Axe

[Raelik]

It seems like the Axe is pretty much the weapon of choice....  When attacking bugs it can take less hits to take them down with the axe. Like for example the spear leaves a small portion of health with Gnats with one hit, but the axe is a one hit kill weapon.  And the axe vs spear on the weevil is that the axe is faster so the bug just flinches instead of running away from the spear. Maybe its just circumstantial with the speed, but the power is certainly not.

[Raelik]

You could say that the spear can be used for throwing instead, but once you get the bow and arrows the spear would become obsolete.

So really the bow should get a boost or the axe be nerfed a bit? At least make them equal if not make the spear the weapon, with axe being reserved for chopping materials?