Added March 8, 2023 to Uncategorized
Hults Bruk – Hewing / Carpenter’s Axe – 1900s
Har en äldre yxa, antar för en timmerman vid husbygge. Någon erfarenhet av den bakre uppstående tappen har jag ingen aning om, någon menar om det slog fast i en kvist de slog på den med slägga komma igenom kvisten! Nyfiken på ålder, användning, tappens funktion och om det är en påbyggnad senare?
Have an older axe, I assume for a carpenter when building houses. I have no idea of any experience with the rear upright pin, does anyone mean if it caught on a branch they hit it with a sledgehammer to get through the branch!
Curious about the age, use, function of the pin and whether it is an extension later?
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JamesMarch 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Unusual. Made in the late 1800s. Carpenter’s axes at this time had a hammer at the end of the poll. Often this was used for roofing to shape the shingles and tap them into place, see page 33: http://hultsbruk1697.se/vintage-axes-hatchets/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1890s-Hults-Bruk-Catalog-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf
Except this is more of a hewing axe with a long blade for shaping wood. Usually the roofing axes were narrow, about the size of a shingle. So this is a bit of a hybrid perhaps? Great find, thanks for sharing!