Riflemens / belt axe

[jdm]

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

[webradbury]

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.

[jdm]

Thanks, I think it's pretty neat also.

I  believe the haft wood is Hickory .

[n stephenson]

Neat little axe !! I like the way they just worked around the knot in the haft and, just kept going. Nice. Nate