Axe head!

Hvactech19

Sr. Member
Joined
Oct 28, 2019
Messages
257
Reaction score
1,779
Golden Thread
0
Location
Connecticut
Detector(s) used
Predator 3, AT MAX, EQUINOX 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

Attachments

  • B0DBBD31-1386-4D15-8285-59B533BBC5DF.webp
    B0DBBD31-1386-4D15-8285-59B533BBC5DF.webp
    697.4 KB · Views: 53
  • 6C959E34-D7C7-4DD6-9D75-013929C79400.webp
    6C959E34-D7C7-4DD6-9D75-013929C79400.webp
    938.3 KB · Views: 54
  • 855FBD9E-4D7E-48D1-8F81-ACA9F006205A.webp
    855FBD9E-4D7E-48D1-8F81-ACA9F006205A.webp
    646.4 KB · Views: 56
  • 36CF24FB-1016-4447-96B5-5505FF6C7CF7.webp
    36CF24FB-1016-4447-96B5-5505FF6C7CF7.webp
    596.7 KB · Views: 63
Upvote 6
This is actually a blacksmith's hot chisel. It was fitted with a handle and held against a piece of heated metal, then struck with a hammer. The thinness of its cutting blade differentiates it from a blacksmiths cold chisel, which also has a hole for a handle but is much thicker in order to stand up to harder pounding with the hammer, and is shaped almost like a splitting wedge.
 

I'm thinking it could be a mason's hammer, although any I have seen have the blade perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel with the handle like this one. Maybe this one is a blacksmith's hammer. Any Plumb company mark I have seen on a tool has more ornate lettering than what is on this tool head. You have a neat find there!
 

Nice!!!! Congrats!!!!
 

Top Member Reactions

Similar threads

D
  • Suggestion Suggestion
Replies
11
Views
626

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom