Old wedge or ax?

[GoingDown]

Found in the yard of a 1860-1880 yard ... any ideas?

 

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[mojjax]

maybe it was for splitting chunks of granite for making house foundations ?

mojjax

 

[cedarratt]

Looks almost like it was made out of a rail road spike, it doesn't look like a wood splitter but more like a chisel for breaking bricks or cleaning up limestone blocks for old houses or buildings. Pretty neat either way.

 

[blurr]

Well, whatever it is it was beat on pretty good. The end where the sledge would hit is smashed down over the edges. My guess is a wood splitting wedge. Still have nightmares of splitting elm with those things.

John

 

[silverswede]

Ya, wood splitting wedge and It looks like it was time to buy a new one. Poor ol' woodcutter must have had a lot tough Pis Elm on his plot.