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Well, actually, elves do use axes, more often than they use swords. The Elves of Doriath often used axes(it was their primary type of weapon along with the bow) and the Noldor of Gondolin used great axes in battle.

Dwarves do use bows. Crossbows probably were not invented in Middle-earth until the Fourth Age or so, and in the Hobbit books Thorin uses a bow made of horn to stop the Elvenking and Bard.

Faenor, Elven Pathfinder  (Keep to the trees!)