Axe, hammer stone, or what?

[Deangreen]

Is this a repro? It very smooth. The last pic is a closeup of the ridges. Did not see any scrapes or machine marks. Some say it is too thin and the ridges look too weird to be authentic.

 

[gunsil]

Looks fishy to me.

 

[Doubter in MD]

Where did you get it? Did you find it? Buy it? Inherit it? What's its background? More info in that regard will probably help.

 

[monsterrack]

The shape is off to me an if it was a hammer stone the thinning size of it I don't believe it would hold up to much use. There is no blade end to be an axe and just from the photo the hammered ends look fresh. It shows a little polish on one part towards the end that makes me wonder if it was a hammer item how did that get a polish.

 

[Tdog]

I concur with the others. I've never seen an axe that thin, with no bit end(s) and that much work put into overall shaping, polishing & grinding (on the hafting groove in particular) for it to be so petite. It does look like the ends are battered from use as a hammer (maybe) although I've never seen a hammer that fancy. I suppose it could be a ceremonial piece or a fancy head-knocker but it has many red flags!

 

[Deangreen]

It came from an estate sale and I do not have any background info. I thought it looked unusual and bought it. Thanks for the comments. I suspect it to be a repro.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

No Blade on such an elaborate piece is unusual to say the least.