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good info....200 year old blades.....WOW ! Glad I never had to work them like the pioneers did.I have two broad head ax, that were in my family. They have 10 or 12" blades. Very sharp. They would use an ax to cut into the side of log, then use broad to square up. They also used adz between their feet. Only one side of broad ax is sharpened. Mine came from 1700's. They still are sharp.
The handle was offset to right or left depending on you being left or right handed. It was offset to keep your knuckles from hitting the log. If not offset you had to have much longer handle and stoodNow that is an ax.....wonder how many pounds the complete ax setup was.....it would certainly build your arm muscles up...the hammer head doesn't have the collar that the handle goes into like today's hammers do.....
Cool finds !
The handle was offset to right or left depending on you being left or right handed. It was offset to keep your knuckles from hitting the log. If not offset you had to have much longer handle and stood
on top of log to remove wood and bark. The offset handle most or the time was around 16 to 18 " long. The longer was what was comfortable with according to your height.
Nice find. How wide is the blade? If about 5" it was probably used for making shinglesHere is an axehead a friend of mine found one day while we were detecting around an old house site.
I found the hammer head.
Only found one coin there which was an 1832 dime
I showed this axe to an antique collector and he said it was a hewing axe.. the blade is offset to allow left hand or right hand use with out hitting your hand on the log while using it.
This is the only one I have that is shaped like this.. all others I have are single bit and look much like modern axes.
Thought you all might enjoy seeing this one since we are on the subject of axes.
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