Unusual hatchet

[JoeVal]

I recently cleaned up a couple of hatchets I found in the woods, using electrolysis. The top hatchet is common, but I’ve searched lots of images, and cannot find a reference for the one with the narrow blade. Anyone else ever come across one like this? At first I thought it was for working with wood shingles, but I couldn’t find one with such a narrow blade.

Thanks!

Joe

 

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[vpnavy]

2nd - I pulled these from other TN threads...

United States Department of Agriculture

A Practical Ax Manual Brief History of the Ax.
Here are a few pictures - a bunch more on the website


Axe Head (Mar 18, 2010)


Hammer (Better Pics) (Feb 20, 2008)


Can someone give me some information on an axe head (Nov 08, 08:57 AM)
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[Charlie P. (NY)]

It's called a "lathing hatchet" for working on the thin strips of wood under plastered (and sometimes also haired) walls.





Oop! VP Navy got the image first!

 

[gunsil]

Dang Charlie, you brought back forgotten memories of volunteering to pull down a plaster wall in a girlfriend's house. House was mid 1800s and all that plaster was reinforced with horse hair. What a mess!!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

The first house I lived in as a kid was built in the 1820's and had lath, horsehair and plaster walls.

Small city lot but would have been a GREAT place to detect. It had a hay-loft and wooden beam floor in the "garage" and half the cellar was still dirt floor.

 

[JoeVal]

Thanks, VP! Great information to have in hand for the future. I captured the images for reference.������

 

[bowwinkles]

I remember that style of hatchet being used on the butcher table as a means for the butcher to get through difficult cuts. Those utilities also had a very skinny blade and was kept very sharp. I also have seen an artist who made totem poles out of logs and he had a set of those type of hatchets with different width blades to make the critical cuts deep in the log. Many of the lathing hatchets had the nail pulling slot on the lower edge.

 

[ARC]

It's called a "lathing hatchet" for working on the thin strips of wood under plastered (and sometimes also haired) walls.

Arrgggg... "hairy walls". :/