anyone good with trade axes

[leddel]

I need to know what info you can offer on these touch marks please.

Thanks Dan.

 

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[bobsphotogallery]

I need to know what info you can offer on these touch marks please.

Thanks Dan.

This man might know something about that mark :
FUR TRADE AXES & TOMAHAWKS

Bob

 

[redbeardrelics]

Never seen anything like that, pretty cool! I hope you can find out what they represent.

 

[Glenn C]

I looked through many marks. Yours seems unique. Congrats on a nice find. The rust may be built on it. How did you restore it?

 

[leddel]

this is what it looked like when started the cleaning there are three identicle touch marks on each side of the axe head but were almost impossible to see due to the rust. there were also two other iron tools found with this one and adze and hammer . similar 17th century adzes have been found in some early native american burrial sites and the hammer is almost exactly like a 17th century brick hammer found at Jamestown. this was cleaned very meticulously by hand picking and scraping.

 

[Glenn C]

If you put it in a bath of apple cider vinegar for a month the rust will fall off. Then a few hours in evaporust to stabilise it. Then bake it for a few hours at 200. Then conservators wax. Grinding and picking at it will crack more off than you would want
Works great for me.

Then the marks may show better.

Food for thought anyway.

 

[leddel]

thanks for the tip Glenn

 

[Tnmountains]

You have done a good job on restoration with the first one to get to the maker marks. I have never seen one cleaned by hand like that. I use slow electrolysis and just keep an eye on it. Hopefully someone will come in with some maker marks…..

 

[leddel]

here the axe is with the other tools found

 

[rbanders14]

Hello Dan,

Page 70 of Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men shows a somewhat similar touch mark. At least it has three similar circles. The caption in the book describes it as a french ax. I once had a trade hatchet shaped similar to yours and believed that the shape (missing top edge of blade) was probably due to some particular use to which the ax was put. However I won't even try to guess what that use was. . . . Rod

 

[rbanders14]

Sorry Dan, that was figure 70g page 271. . . Rod