Does anyone have any information on this huge Broad Axe?

This is the only forum I posted it to, except levine ID on this site, until I was asked to move it here. The axe is for sale at a local store, so maybe someone else saw it and is looking for info also. Where did you see it?
 
beardog said:
This is the only forum I posted it to, except levine ID on this site, until I was asked to move it here. The axe is for sale at a local store, so maybe someone else saw it and is looking for info also. Where did you see it?
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First place I'd be knocking is at the door of that particular store. Owners/managers rarely put something up for sale without knowing what it is or what it's for. Who wouldn't want to be able to straight facedly say 'Teddy Roosevelt commissioned this for cutting the rope at the launch of battleship SS _______________'.
 
beardog said:
This is the only forum I posted it to, except levine ID on this site, until I was asked to move it here. The axe is for sale at a local store, so maybe someone else saw it and is looking for info also. Where did you see it?
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I saw it on Facebook on the Axe Junkies page.

Quinton may be on to something. It might be a flensing axe for cutting off whale blubber.

Here's something similar though it's use I have not verified. The scrimshaw on the handle suggests it might be from the whaling industry.

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Square_peg said:
I saw it on Facebook on the Axe Junkies page.

Quinton may be on to something. It might be a flensing axe for cutting off whale blubber.

Here's something similar though it's use I have not verified. The scrimshaw on the handle suggests it might be from the whaling industry.

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Single bevel also, pegs.
 
Something to puzzle over. So far I am enjoying the collective input on this. If it really is a flensing axe you'd think the blade would be distinctly curved instead of straight and would not be 1/4"+ thick. Of course I haven't carved the blubber off a whale recently nor talked to anyone that has so I'm merely 'educated guessing' here. Is chopping through whale ribs etc cleaner/faster than cutting/sawing perhaps?

And then again; hacking heads and tails off 1000 lb Bluefin Tuna, Halibut or any other large commercial fish might benefit from a tool such as this, especially if the cutting surface is some form of wood decking.
 
When I kill hogs, an axe is a must. My grandfather used an axe almost solely to butcher. I myself have cut a many a pork chop, and made alot of sausage with an axe!
 
quinton- I think you should describe, in graphic detail, how you use that shape pole for dispatch.
 
Technically the blow would be considered a stun. Concussive force administered to the cranium and directed towards the brain to induce a state of insensibility. The animal is then bled to complete the dispatch. It's the same principle as a bolt gun, but manually administered. However, this tool looks as though it would be quite ungainly for delivering a blow with the precision required for that kind of work.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
However, this tool looks as though it would be quite ungainly for delivering a blow with the precision required for that kind of work.
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Agreed. The large bit would decrease accuracy. And the rounded poll could cause an ineffective glancing blow.
 
This axe is too ungainly for butchering, what I said was the poll looks like a butchering axe poll. I still do not see any practical use for this axe.

quinton -those are my favorite pictures on this forum. The last photo is the best! I now raise my own pineapples, kona whites. As good as a fresh yellow pineapple is, the white is that much better again. They dont ship well, so you can not buy them on the mainland. Put eating a white pineapple with kalua pork on your bucket list.
 
Old Axeman said:
This axe is too ungainly for butchering, what I said was the poll looks like a butchering axe poll. I still do not see any practical use for this axe.

quinton -those are my favorite pictures on this forum. The last photo is the best! I now raise my own pineapples, kona whites. As good as a fresh yellow pineapple is, the white is that much better again. They dont ship well, so you can not buy them on the mainland. Put eating a white pineapple with kalua pork on your bucket list.
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Thanks, Bernie. I envy a person who can pick perfectly ripe pineapples! I've had a few perfect yellow pineapples that can only be described as ambrosia, I don't even think I could imagine one of the white ones picked dead ripe at its peak! Kalua pork with Kona white pineapple added to the bucket list!
 
quinton said:
When I kill hogs, an axe is a must. My grandfather used an axe almost solely to butcher. I myself have cut a many a pork chop, and made alot of sausage with an axe!
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Judging by your attached pictures I'm pleased to see you use a 22, instead of a BFH (big f---ing hammer, in automotive-speak) with an attached axe blade, to dispatch your pigs. There would be a lot more vegetarians in the world if all grocery shoppers were required to whack their prospective dinner over the head with a pole axe before placing their order.
 
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