What style axe head is this?
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Mud
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looks like an old ship builders axe.
Seems pre modern head patterns
Cool axe head chart.
Mud
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If it was bronze i'd call you king tut
the gypsy
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interesting. I could never imagine so many different axe heads. On the other hand I wonder why this amazes me? Men are very imaginative and try new things or design to improve the current technology. This is why the advertising agencies coined the PHRASE "NEW and IMPROVED". LOL.
The coolness factor of this axe is what made me grab it. Maybe hand forged in a blacksmith shop many years ago when he needed a new improved design. The protective guard could be his improved design addition also.
Its almost like a mortising axe but not exactly.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-HAN...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-HAN...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
sparky5982
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The downward curve on that makes me wonder if it's not for limbing a fallen tree.
Alchymist
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Hudson Bay.
I Thought that also but all the Hudson bays I have seen have a much wider blade.
woody 73
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NJ Marty you got a good eye, yes indeed it has that coolness factor about it.
Alchymist
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Hudson Bay style "forest axe".
Woody, gotta love the coolness factor. Now I need to find me an 8" 200lb vise with the coolness factor, they seem to be eluding me.NJ Marty you got a good eye, yes indeed it has that coolness factor about it.
Still cant find it, If you get a chance can you please post a link to this style of axe or a picture of another. Thanks
ajchien
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Probably has some value now . . . JUST AS IT IS . . . thus I'd not rush right in and tear out handle and try to make "new" . . don't do it.
Purpose might depend on WHERE you got it ??? Was it in coastal town that would have had shipbuilding?? Or was it from back country where it might have been "log cabin" axe that early settler might have had??
+1 on COOL factor . . . . I'd make it display item while you research.
Purpose might depend on WHERE you got it ??? Was it in coastal town that would have had shipbuilding?? Or was it from back country where it might have been "log cabin" axe that early settler might have had??
+1 on COOL factor . . . . I'd make it display item while you research.
I'm wondering what the functional differences are between these axe head types?!
As Government publications go, "An Ax to Grind" is pretty cool, not to mention free.
http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf99232823/pdf99232823Pdpi300.pdf
See the inside cover for another version of the pattern chart, and p. 4 for a light discussion of pattern development.
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Alchymist
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Wow, I just spent about a half an hour skimming that. I figured it was something from the 30's or so, not 1999.
Canoe50
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Nice find & totally agree on the coolness factor.
I think you may be on to something as far as being hand forged by a blacksmith, that protective guard being the key.
If you want to take the time to post it on the blacksmith site below, someone there might give you a definitive answer. Like here, there's a lot of knowledge & talent on the site.
iforgeiron.com
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Thankyou for posting this. Very cool.Seems pre modern head patterns