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A friend of mine in Finland emailed me today that he had never even seen a Högfor axe, but has just been able to buy two of them, and in the photo they look pristine. John
Thank you for sharing the photos of the axes!Thought I would post one picture of a few axe heads used by my relatives several generations back. They are all Billnäs stamped, but none of these have any model number stamp. Does anyone know when Billnäs implemented the numbers for different patterns?
The axe head up left has about similar cutting edge length and weight as nr. 32 "Luleå" according 1928 Billnäs catalog.
The axe head down right has about similar cutting edge length and weight as nr. 24 "Swedish" according 1928 Billnäs catalog.
The two other ones is not found from the 1928 catalog, and I have not seen these online either.
If someone have any information regarding these I'ld be grateful.
Antas
And as a side note: Ohion translates to Ohio pattern as far as I can understand.
Thank you for sharing the photos of the axes!
That lower left one that looks like a German Rhinelander or big Hudson Bay pattern isn’t one I’ve seen mentioned. Is there any chance you could take a picture of the eye, from the top down?
Apropos of nothing...A couple of photos of an older,rurally forged Kirve.
A progenitor of all those neat/trim Billnas/Kello kirves.
Curious to see that failed forge-weld where the axe has lost it's poll,presumably by means of severe and repeated beating...
https://imgur.com/a/oeG3ZCk
That's true,Agent_H,like many things so frankly shaped by hand it's very appealing...And yes,it's a "boy's axe"-ish size tool,cutting edge 85mm long.
(photos stolen from an overseas resource where it was put up for sale(grossly overpriced,too.
Could it be that it was poll-less from the outset? Not so often you see these hand-mades out of Finland, like coming across a gem in the tailings heap of Kelloskillies and Billnäs.
Agent H, Are you going to the OKC Show in Eugene, next month? John
In terms of actually having had my hands on one without poll I've got this ugly duckling, similar in the socket albeit after that not for chopping but slicing.
And of course the piilukirves was never with poll. These chopping versions without poll are not so common but neither unknown, both factory produced and small forge made. Lepola hints at them now and again without ever going into the specific question as far as I know. Jake makes a convincing case for a lost poll in this case though, so I can buy that as things stand.
Lower left looks like a Montreal pattern. It looks similar to a Hults Bruk I have.Thought I would post one picture of a few axe heads used by my relatives several generations back. They are all Billnäs stamped, but none of these have any model number stamp. Does anyone know when Billnäs implemented the numbers for different patterns?
The axe head up left has about similar cutting edge length and weight as nr. 32 "Luleå" according 1928 Billnäs catalog.
The axe head down right has about similar cutting edge length and weight as nr. 24 "Swedish" according 1928 Billnäs catalog.
The two other ones is not found from the 1928 catalog, and I have not seen these online either.
If someone have any information regarding these I'ld be grateful.
Antas