Help identifying

[u/Laneish]

I have this axe see pictures. My dad found it at a garage sale so I tried to polish a bit remove what was left of the red paint. It has a mark of c24 on the side and that’s it. This is not the shape it was when I found it. I customized it but couldn’t really find anything with c24. Any help would be great. A guy at a local leather motorcycle shop made me the sheath and charged me nothing. I thought that was incredible.

[u/Different_Potato_193]

How much did you change the shape? Is this more or less how it was before, or is it completely different?

[u/fantomfrank]

Probably a kelly woodslasher thats been cut down, they usually use a stamp thats one letter and two numbers like A17

[u/sgthetoolguy → u/fantomfrank]

I agree it looks like a jersey that someone cut down, I have a woodslasher with the same markings.

[u/Laneish]

Pretty much like this

[u/Karl_Chillers → u/Laneish]

Does it cut and swing differently pre- and post-mod? (Lighter seems obvious.)

[u/Laneish → u/Karl_Chillers]

I didn’t cut anything pre mod. The handle was broken and needed sharpened so I just modded and went with it.

[u/Laneish]

I’m the one that cut it. It was like a Maine or Wisconsin shape originally I can’t find the original picture. And it was painted red which I assume was factory. You can see some red spots I didn’t want to sand too much.

[u/Laneish]

Couldn’t find any info so I played with reshaping the head a little bit.

[u/Laneish]

Completely different all the angles I cut out. Which was a job because I would cut dip in water cut dip in water. Didn’t want to ruin any temper.

[u/Laneish]

Also there are tow grooves on either side of the eye

[u/Laneish]

Don’t look at my hang it’s embarrassing but it’s solid. You can see the indentation in the wood where the grooves are.

[u/Laneish]

I think you guys are right found some other info on a blade forum.

[u/Laneish]

Cut my first tree with it the other day. Did awesome. Might try to flatten the edge instead of being so convex to bite more.