Is this period axe head ?

[Nathan W]

Found awhile back at cavalry site vacinity. I tried cleaning it best I could. The back has letters I think, what are your thoughts? It appears to have the reinforced edge. I posted it on civil war talk and didn’t really get any answers. Maybe there’s no way to really tell if it was a camp axe or not.

 

[pepperj]

This might help a little.
Nice recovery.

 

[Nathan W]

This might help a little.
Nice recovery.
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Guessing it’s Kentucky or New Jersey style

 

[pepperj]

Guessing it’s Kentucky or New Jersey style

Need to figure out what other mark besides the S.
I have a reference for maker marks I'll check in the AM if nobody does an ID

 

[Nathan W]

Need to figure out what other mark besides the S.
I have a reference for maker marks I'll check in the AM if nobody does an ID

Ok thanks it’s driving me insane , I just wish some of my items were “clear”

 

[ncsuwolf]

Found awhile back at cavalry site vacinity. I tried cleaning it best I could. The back has letters I think, what are your thoughts? It appears to have the reinforced edge. I posted it on civil war talk and didn’t really get any answers. Maybe there’s no way to really tell if it was a camp axe or not.

I dug this one from the howlett line near hopewell/chester va. To me it looks similar to yours (please weigh in) other than being “broken” by what I assume was using it as a hammer. Not sure if cw era or not, but it came from the middle of several cw relics

 

[Nathan W]

I dug this one from the howlett line near hopewell/chester va. To me it looks similar to yours (please weigh in) other than being “broken” by what I assume was using it as a hammer. Not sure if cw era or not, but it came from the middle of several cw relics

I’ve read if the back it’s smashed in it was used as a hammer tool in camps. That’s one sign it could be troop axe.

 

[Nathan W]

Yours also appears to have that added edge, I think they were steel.

 

[ncsuwolf]

I’ve read if the back it’s smashed in it was used as a hammer tool in camps. That’s one sign it could be troop axe.

I have several that were bought new (by my family) in the early 1900s that look the same. That mushrooming is iron on iron (or something else hard) contact. Ours came from using an axe to drive wedges, which is not what they were designed for.

 

[Nathan W]

I have several that were bought new (by my family) in the early 1900s that look the same. That mushrooming is iron on iron (or something else hard) contact. Ours came from using an axe to drive wedges, which is not what they were designed for.

Check this out, this smaller one was at same area. You can see the hand forged in this for sure