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Granddad's broadaxe (off set handle) and hatchet.

Oh ya, if they could tell stories!! I love old stuff...

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Few I just enjoy lookin at
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Well now that you mention it..
I got this one a year ago. I think I was told the head was #1.25 - 1.5 (I can't recall exactly). Fella guessed it was from the 30s or 40s. No marks on the head. The handle is quite narrow.
I got it thinking I would wear it from my belt and use it around camp to clear brush, etc. It's just a little long and a little heavy for comfortable one handed use.

Nice

Here’s one I bought off dale Howe last year, dunno if he forged the head or not??

This is sweet!

https://www.lamnia.com/en/p/41493/tools/hachas-jauregi-butcher-axe-carbon-2-00kg




When I was a kid I had an old meat cleaver I found in an outbuilding wall on the farm. That heavy cleaver supported a prolific fort building enterprise. Always building something, I was almost never without it. That is until I left it in the bottom of my radio flyer wagon under baskets of garden tomatoes put for sale up by the road. I always assumed it was stolen by a prospective tomato buyer. I suffered its loss for many years.

Girlhunter,

I'd be very interested in your comparison/review of Trail hawk, Frontier hawk, and Pipe hawk.

Kingston, that cleaver there I found in my barn when I bought this place years ago, cool piece

It's obviously a Hudson Bay pattern, looks like 1.5 to 1.75 pound head, from the pics. Lots of good 'no name' axes out there.

I don't have a Pipe Hawk but have had a Trail Hawk but gave it to a friend. A little smaller cutting edge than the Frontier but it certainly is a good way to go if you need a polled hawk.

Thanks

It's almost impossible for me to spend $150 on an axe when I get get a good, old school American head for $15 and a piece of hickory for $7 that will beat most anything made today.

Scott, where do you get your handles? Thanks

I can’t get post image to work. Looks like it’s down.

Ya me neither

I was getting them from House Handles in MO, but I was getting about 50% culls. Also be prepared to remove a lot of wood from them, but that's far better than not having enough to work with. About a year ago I found a local guy that runs a saw mill and makes handles, so that's my avenue right now.

Avoid Beaver Tooth handles.

Also, Whiskey River has good handles, inventory is spotty and they are a bit pricey but they are good to go.

https://whiskeyrivertrading.com/collections/whiskey-river-premium-select-handles

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Snow & Nealley good quality or hype? The Hudson Bay model they make is slick looking.
Council 2# Hudson Bay too.

They used to be alright, but IIRC they then took production over seas. Then a couple years ago, they were bought and the new owner was restoring production in ME. This is all from fuzzy memory.