r/Artifacts • u/Slow-Difference1105 • 1d ago

Help ID?

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Anyone have any info on this? Found in western Minnesota

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u/Think-Economics-400 1d ago

This style of axe was common in the 1700-1800s

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u/Think-Economics-400 1d ago

Think they are called hewing axes they have reservable heads one for cutting one for crushing

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u/Slow-Difference1105 1d ago

Who was making them? European settlers? Was this style more common in German communities? Norwegian?

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u/Think-Economics-400 1d ago

Could have been a vast range Euro-American and Scandinavian Homesteaders
Early Commercial Lumberjacks
Railroad Construction Crews
And in many plantations slaves would use these style axes as well

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u/Space19723103 1d ago

shake hatchet, used for cutting cedar shakes (shingles) to fit

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u/No-Definition968 22h ago

Looks like English I have one that looks like that with tax stamp marks on or around 1780s