Dan32981
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Hey everyone, i contacted the state museum and curators and got some helpful information and they were able to identify my axe head, and time period it was used and from what mill company used it. Enjoy!
The object you found near Eustis, Maine is a marking axe or hatchet in the American wedge style. It would have been used by members of a lumber crew to either mark a standing tree intended for felling or on already felled logs to mark possession. The blade was used for cutting a "blaze" (removing a piece of the bark) and the poll is used for imprinting the initials, or in your case, the image of two arrows.
The Maine State Museum holds Daniel Craney's notebook of log marks, which records the log marks of several logging companies operating on the Kennebec River from 1902 to 1906. Craney records the mark you found as being used by Berlin Mills, a company based in Berlin, NH. Berlin Mills used this mark in 1906 and 1907. The mark you found, with two arrows, is only one of several marks used by the company during this time period.
Hey everyone, found this axe head at an old 1800's lumber mill site, it is unlike any i have ever found, it has two arrows going in opposite directions on the back of head. Im thinking that it might be the loggers "Stamp, or brand" to mark "his logs" so to ensure the right person gets paid for them? Any info is greatly appreciated! Happy Dirt Fishing!
-Dan
The object you found near Eustis, Maine is a marking axe or hatchet in the American wedge style. It would have been used by members of a lumber crew to either mark a standing tree intended for felling or on already felled logs to mark possession. The blade was used for cutting a "blaze" (removing a piece of the bark) and the poll is used for imprinting the initials, or in your case, the image of two arrows.
The Maine State Museum holds Daniel Craney's notebook of log marks, which records the log marks of several logging companies operating on the Kennebec River from 1902 to 1906. Craney records the mark you found as being used by Berlin Mills, a company based in Berlin, NH. Berlin Mills used this mark in 1906 and 1907. The mark you found, with two arrows, is only one of several marks used by the company during this time period.
Hey everyone, found this axe head at an old 1800's lumber mill site, it is unlike any i have ever found, it has two arrows going in opposite directions on the back of head. Im thinking that it might be the loggers "Stamp, or brand" to mark "his logs" so to ensure the right person gets paid for them? Any info is greatly appreciated! Happy Dirt Fishing!
-Dan
