Help Identifying This Hatchet Head

[Neal_Dawson]

I have this very old Hatchet Head I need help in identifying. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks Neal Dawson

I am having trouble uploading photos...

 

[Square_peg]

Only paid members can upload directly to the forums. The rest of us must host them elsewhere on the internet. Many seem to like the free image hosting site: https://postimages.org

 

[Neal_Dawson]

I will try uploading photos now. Thanks Neal

 

[Neal_Dawson]

I will try uploading photos now. Thanks Neal

 

[Neal_Dawson]

Only paid members can upload directly to the forums. The rest of us must host them elsewhere on the internet. Many seem to like the free image hosting site: https://postimages.org

I have uploaded my photos to the photo hosting web site you suggested and then selected each of the photos and copied the URL into the link when I select the image icon at the top of the post. I cannot see the photos on my posting but I hope they will appear in my posting. Thanks Neal

 

[Agent_H]

I will try uploading photos now. Thanks Neal

Good morning Neal, those are the links that you provided - getting pictures on here can be a pain.
Neat axe

 

[Neal_Dawson]

Good morning Neal, those are the links that you provided - getting pictures on here can be a pain.
Neat axe

Good morning Neal, those are the links that you provided - getting pictures on here can be a pain.
Neat axe

Do you have any feel for the age and where it was made. It looks like it was hand forged. I can not make out the makers name as well. Thanks for your reply.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Looks French to me.

 

[Pindvin]

Looks Turkish to me. Especially the elliptic stamp. This is how my brand new one looks like.

 

[Lieblad]

I see a buggered double stamping "Made in France" Bottom is unknown, Maybe a French tool expert recognises those last few letters.

 

[jake pogg]

It is French(though as Pindvin notes it IS peculiarly similar to these Turkish axes).
For some reason the French liked this shape for felling...Here's a similar one by Talabot:https://www.the-saleroom.com/fr-fr/...0014/lot-f124c01b-61c4-4fa4-bfba-a454000afe6c

This may also be helpful:https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/large-french-axe.1424530/
Post #7,(thanks again,Agent_H).

Sorry,no idea as to the manufacturer.The date,judging by the forge-welded bit,most likely the first half of 20th c.?
Merry Christmas to all!

 

[flexo]

poll has been bashed, a hole drilled into the socket, but this is french, i am going further as i read Jarnac on the stamp, Jarnac is a small town near by the more famous Cognac town. it reads "ance " but before letters are dim as i guess "fia" wich put together makes fiance "old term for trust though fiancé" so would not be that old i'd say "confiance" trust . but i might be wrong this would rather be a family name instead of a brand, because it's made by a local taillandier
we also can see bit is forge welded.

 

[Kevin Houtzager]

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[Kevin Houtzager]

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[Ernest DuBois]

It's a peeling axe for harvesting cork.

 

[300Six]

It's a peeling axe for harvesting cork.

You swore off this site and become silent not long after I first joined about 4 years ago. I was quite impressed with your knowledge and input and I am personally very happy to see you back. Merry Christmas Ernest and Happy New Year.

 

[Ernest DuBois]

Put it down to a recent overhaul of my internet use, to include less over-all time spent at the computer and a culling of some regular addresses I was visiting only out of habit, that sort of thing. I have not much to say or add to the over-all thrust of this axe site but now and then when something more up my alley pops up I like to pipe in. Thanks for your good wishes 300Six.