Yet Another Old Iron Relic! Hand Forged 3 3/4 Pound Ax Head.

[FreeBirdTim]

It was a crisp 26 degrees in the woods today, so I only lasted about an hour. But I did manage one good find, an old ax head. It weighs 3 3/4 pounds and appears to be hand forged. Looks to be a New England pattern ax head (no surprise there).

Not in bad shape, but pretty rusty. I gave it 6 hours of electrolysis, which removed most of the rust. I coated it with mineral oil for the time being, since I'm probably going to give it another round of zapping in the future.

Any guesses as to how old it is? I'm thinking late 1800's, but I could be wrong. Let me know what you think.

 

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[Centsless Detecting]

You found Paul Bunyan's Axe!
That is totally awesome!
Congratulations!

 

[vpnavy]

I pulled these from other TN threads...

United States Department of Agriculture
A Practical Ax Manual Brief History of the Ax. Here are a few pictures - a bunch more on the website

Axe Head (Mar 18, 2010)

Hammer (Better Pics) (Feb 20, 2008)
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[Joe-Dirt]

Thanks for that post vpnavy, I was looking for that exact information to ID my axe head I found (barn) seems it’s a 19th century shipwrights Axe, whatever the hell that was used for, but great reference page anyway!!

 

[sandchip]

Beautiful example. Love those hand-forged tools.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome find and restoration!

 

[dts52]

Nice find Tim. Glad you got out. Supposed to be almost 50 degrees this weekend. Very tempting except I'm supposed to bring someone ice-fishing. I'd rather be dirt fishing!
HH
dts

 

[BLK HOLE]

I am continually amazed at the wealth of information shared on this site (VPNavy thanks for the post). Very nice axe head

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice find. Now it looks like you have an ax to grind with all of us !

 

[pepperj]

Nice clean up of the axe head.

 

[Relicific]

That’s a nice old axe

 

[GA_Boy]

Great find, keep 'em coming.
Marvin

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks guys! Hoping it will go above freezing today. Anything below that is tough on the fingers. Loved finding the ax head, but these heavy iron relics are a killer to carry 1/2 a mile through the woods! LOL!

 

[Tpmetal]

Looks like ones i find at my 1800s to very early 1900s cellars. I say yours probably late 1800s to very early 1900s

 

[Tpmetal]

Thanks guys! Hoping it will go above freezing today. Anything below that is tough on the fingers. Loved finding the ax head, but these heavy iron relics are a killer to carry 1/2 a mile through the woods! LOL!

Yeah it gets tough with heavy iron, I've torn two whites pouches and one Garrett pouch. I really need to Get one of freeloaders large pouches

 

[A2coins]

I find alot of axe heads I think paul bunyon live near me thanks for the great post

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I've found 9 ax heads and 3 hatchet heads over the past 5 years. But they're usually bent or broken, so it was nice to find one in good shape.

 

[villagenut]

Sweet old iron...I love it.Nice job cleaning it up.

 

[devldog]

Nice find of the axe head. Congrat's and continued success.