(05-03-2023, 08:15 AM)Ninurta Wrote: ... Hand axe, as in flint hand axe? I don't have one of those, either!
i I used to forge tomahawks out of leaf springs. leaf springs are hard to beat for cutting implements. They have the right steel to take the right temper.
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Hi @"Ninurta"#2
The Kent Hand Axe that I have is a specific pattern/type of Steel headed axe, used in one hand (like a tomahawk) for wood-splitting, making kindling, general woodcrafting etc (I may have mis-described it as a "hand-axe"? but that's how we've always referred to them, to differentiate between them and the bigger (2-handed) "proper" axes, like for tree felling and big log-splitting.)
Mine is around 15" long (on a 14" shaft I think...?)
Hang on.... I'll upload a quick photo...
The "arrowhead" shape that I've highlighted in red is what seems to typify a "Kent" style axe head here, and they do come in many different sizes.
Mine was made in Sheffield, England by J HARRISON, of UNSTONE MILL around 1900. the previous owner had painted the head black (which I don't like) but it's a lovely wee axe in the hand, and I might be tempted to restore it back to bare metal soon.
Cheers,
G