And despite your obvious strength, you are powerless! You stand around, calling people "New Feathers" and wait months with no results?! [This turns into a full on war, and he swings the ax.

Not at Smoker, just in the air - for the effect. Wind blows through the holes near the base of the ax's blade, producing the namesake both of the ax (Gorehowl) and his family (Hellscream): the sound it produces sounds like screams that promise pain and violence. It's supposed to be blood chilling or something]