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Offline jdm

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Riflemens / belt axe
« on: May 28, 2018, 09:55:17 PM »
Here's a nice little axe I thought might be of interest to some of you. The forged  head is three & half inches  long by an inch and three quarter wide. Twelve and a half inches long overall.  There are a series of  angled hash marks on both sides of the well worn  haft . Anyone have any idea's of when this style head would date to?  Jim



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Offline webradbury

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Re: Riflemens / belt axe
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2018, 11:51:40 PM »
Can’t speak for the age but it sure is cool! Especially with the character in the haft. I’d be curious what species of wood due to the color.
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Re: Riflemens / belt axe
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2018, 01:49:32 AM »
Thanks, I think it's pretty neat also.

I  believe the haft wood is Hickory .


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Re: Riflemens / belt axe
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2018, 03:42:07 PM »
Neat little axe !! I like the way they just worked around the knot in the haft and, just kept going. Nice. Nate