ID an axe head for a friend, please?

Murphnuge

Murphnuge

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Hey guys, I don't post much in this area, though I definitely lurk. My friend at work recently bought an axe head on ebay for the sole purpose of hewing his own logs. He's curious to the origin/make of this axe. Can anyone help?







 
Good luck with this. A few months ago another member found a similar-looking broadaxe head that was ultimately traced (through this forum) to origins in Bytown (to become Ottawa, in 1854) of pre-Confederation Canada so there's no telling which way your's will go. Thanks to the obscure stamps on your's there is a real story in this head and just waiting to be let out. "Made in Taiwan/India/China" is not going to be one of them. During the 1800s the Brits were big on squared logs for log booms and cross ocean transport and this more or less dictated demand for these types of axes. Aside from that, pole barn builders all over n. America likely appreciated them too.
 
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