Axe pattern identification help

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The Scotsman

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Hoping to see if someone can help me identify this axe pattern, I know it's s ochenskopf/
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ox head from the stamp obviously but the shape I've never seen before. Googling has just whetted the appetite so to speak. Any info would be great cheers
 
Thanks jake, I've never seen one with a notch on the top of the head before, but plenty on the underside. Do you know if it's common ?
 
Scotsman,i'm sorry,i meant it as a kind of a joke:)...It's true though that most features in that head belong to an American axe(possibly vie Sweden)-the poll,the general shape/balance,especially the eye-German axes almost invariably have a D-eye or a variant.

And no,i've never seen the notch at the top of an axe blade.I'd presume that it's a post-WWII tool,specialized fairly narrow for some trade application such as strapping or some type of crating.

But apologies,i do Not possess any knowledge as to an Exact identification.
 
No problems at all Jake I realised after reading again that it was but I totally missed it 😆 apologies

I'd perhaps thought it was a fireman's hatchet of some description, hard to find any info on a ox head with a notch like that. I'll perhaps see if ox head may be able to help. I'm in Australia so there's quite a bit of variety of patterns here with all the immigration that's happened. I'll keep digging,

Thanks for taking the time to reply
Cheers and Merry Christmas 🌲
 
Square peg I did wonder if that was the case but it looks factory or someone's done a bloody good job! To what purpose though, I guess that's what intrigues me.
 
Thanks for the replies and thought's in trying to help identify this hatchet, I've still not been able to come to a solid conclusion, I've not been able to find any fencing axe's similar to this pattern as yet, however I think that FortyTwoblades maybe be right, the reason being the small sheath actually has a camping scene tooled into the leather! Groovy. So I'm thinking it's maybe 60's or 70's. What do you guys think ?
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The overall styling of the piece is solidly in line with scout/camping hatchets sold to campers, and German manufacturers had a penchant for producing them for the American market. While I've not seen this particular variety before, other than the notch it's otherwise a completely standard scout hatchet.
 
Just wonder when Ferrocerium Rods found their use as camping tools. Maybe the notch was designed to work in conjunction with Ferro Rod.
 
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FortyTwoBlades said:
The overall styling of the piece is solidly in line with scout/camping hatchets sold to campers, and German manufacturers had a penchant for producing them for the American market. While I've not seen this particular variety before, other than the notch it's otherwise a completely standard scout hatchet.
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Absolutely, and I wouldn't have bothered even chasing an answer if it didn't have that notch in it. That did intrigue me and as some have suggested I thought it must have been for a specific task having never seen a camp hatchet like this, still an interesting and capable little hatchet and one I'll enjoy.
 
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