Axe head dug today!! Any ideas on dating this please?

[bigchz]

Dug this axe head today!! Any ideas on dating this? It's very large, measures exactly 10" across at the blade. Looks to be hand forged. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

 

[Oddjob]

I have collected every Keen Kutter tool I could get my hands on for the last 34 years. This looks like a Keen Kutter.

Any markings at all? If it is a KK then you have found your self about a 50 dollar head if it cleans up well.

I also have a Winchester that style too and the same size.

 

[Tnmountains]

I do not see yours in this. But I like the large bit. A lot of axes were hand forged. That is a nice one and worth cleaning and putting back to work.

 

[bigchz]

I have collected every Keen Kutter tool I could get my hands on for the last 34 years. This looks like a Keen Kutter.

Any markings at all? If it is a KK then you have found your self about a 50 dollar head if it cleans up well.

I also have a Winchester that style too and the same size.

Thank you for the information! Very exciting

 

[releventchair]

Looks to be a broad axe.
I still have Grandfathers..
One side should be flat and the other tapered ,to allow straight sides on hewed beams/timbers.
Handles were best curved offset alot to avoid hitting knuckles.
"Hew to the line" meant paying attention to detail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadaxe

 

[Oddjob]

I do not see yours in this. But I like the large bit. A lot of axes were hand forged. That is a nice one and worth cleaning and putting back to work.

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Thats a good point; if it does clean up nice and has no cracks then it is certainly better going back to work than most store purchases these days.

I have a few my self that are duplicates that I use out of my collection. Never touched them before I moved to Germany and could not find a good ax, my wife said just try one out of my collection.

Find a nice Blue Grass handle and it will be the best ax on the block.

 

[Tnmountains]

Thats a good point; if it does clean up nice and has no cracks then it is certainly better going back to work than most store purchases these days.

I have a few my self that are duplicates that I use out of my collection. Never touched them before I moved to Germany and could not find a good ax, my wife said just try one out of my collection.

Find a nice Blue Grass handle and it will be the best ax on the block.

Most of the axes I use now were dug cleaned, electrolysis and re hafted on hickory. They do not make them like they used to sure applies to these cool old finds!

 

[kcm]

Now you need to go back to that same area and try to find the old log cabins it built!

 

[bigchz]

Now you need to go back to that same area and try to find the old log cabins it built!

Lol!! Great idea!

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

Looks very similar to one i found a while back, except the blade part wasnt that wide, concluded it was from the 1800s. I could be wrong but thats my input.

 

[trapperart]

Nice find congrats