maybe you should read the Wikipedia article on DNA or some other entry-level article for the lay person, so you can understand what we're talking about here.
Rather than put padding on top and make your axe head less functional, just wear some gloves. A long-shafted axe with a big wad of foam on top is the ice axe equivalent of shorts over polypro.
Yeah, scary cause some fat punter is sitting in his aiders when he could be free climbing
"Aid is meant to be hard but none of the aid climbers are so how can it be?" - Stevie Haston
I find that I start it like a regular screw then pinch the bolt hanger part between thumb and index knuckle, and rotate the elbow, and in it goes zzzzip