Axe, Tomahawk & Hatchet Photo Thread

[tobiism]

 

[El Quachito]

 

[tobiism]

They look ready for winter!

 

[Spiggles]

Axe? Hatchet? Its a Katemo, from the Zambezi valley, Zambia.

 

[El Quachito]

Yeah, almost!

 

[El Quachito]

Thanks for posting. Is that Katemo a present day tool or something from the past?

 

[hammyr_tyme]

Been going through dad's collection, thought you guys would appreciate this find: H.D. Smith "Perfect Handle"

http://postimg.org/image/p4594rokx/

much larger pic:

http://postimg.org/image/pntjogkx7/

Probably more to come as I dig through it

 

[Samon]

Been going through dad's collection, thought you guys would appreciate this find: H.D. Smith "Perfect Handle"

http://postimg.org/image/p4594rokx/

much larger pic:

http://postimg.org/image/pntjogkx7/

Probably more to come as I dig through it

Oh that is nice! And its certainly different. Did the old boy have mor eunique collections in his hoard??

 

[hammyr_tyme]

Yeah Samon he did, a lot of trash and a little bit of treasure! And tons of old golf clubs

 

[Spiggles]

Thanks for posting. Is that Katemo a present day tool or something from the past?

Present day tool, used for centuries though.
They make them big or small, and have a version that is used as a hoe as well.
Its the Zambezi Valley equivalent of an EDC.

 

[Bawanna]

Been going through dad's collection, thought you guys would appreciate this find: H.D. Smith "Perfect Handle"

http://postimg.org/image/p4594rokx/

much larger pic:

http://postimg.org/image/pntjogkx7/

Probably more to come as I dig through it

That's a my oh my right there. Never seen nothing like that. Very very cool.

 

[Zymologist]

 

[El Quachito]

Lookin' good

 

[Samon]

Just rehung this head I modified.

Isn't he a cutey!?

 

[El Quachito]

looks good

 

[cmshoot]

Samon, I like that! What is it?

 

[Samon]

Samon, I like that! What is it?

When i found it it was just another abandoned, extremely pitted and rusted old axe.. It says steel foreign 500 on the head. I removed alot of metal from it so it would be symmetrical and better lookin.

I weighed it yesterday and its 500grams in total now!

 

[cityofthesouth]

plumb_duluth_rightside2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

 

[300Six]

Thought you guys would appreciate this find: H.D. Smith "Perfect Handle"

http://postimg.org/image/pntjogkx7/

There are vintage European geologist's pick/hammers (Stubai?) with this sort of handle arrangement. A sonuvagun to make a new handle for and become an entirely worthless tool when one of the frame straps crack since the haft does not go through the head. Can't quite see how the "Perfect Handle" compares but I suspect the maker must have owned, and been enamoured with, a few Winchester lever guns when he came up with this idea.

SECOND LOOK. I see that this is a actually integral tang with decorative wood scales! Re-haft is not an option!

 

[cityofthesouth]

edgetool_trio4 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr