[@MelonHead]

I can't see the throwing axe being anything more than a flesh wound, really. 

Steel tipped or not, neither is it thrown with superhuman strength (his left arm being the stronger one, in which he currently has the shield), nor is it stated to be heavy - rather, your CS describes them as 'small'. I imagine a throwing knife would barely have any penetration on leather armor - and an axe is even less suited for purposes of piercing, as it strikes with an edge, not a fine point.

By saying that he had penetrated iron plate with a thrown axe, are you implying that he can casually cut through it with a normal strike then? 

I'm willing to accept crippling flesh wounds from slashes and death strikes from stabs, but you're now trying to make my armor seem like paper, which i don't appreciate.