JUNK AXE gets the job done.

[gben]

A number of years ago I found this axe in a barrel of trash in a warehouse, then I threw it in the corner of the garage. The jerks at the warehouse charged me two bucks for it! But the handle was so funny I had to have it. Whoever owned it missed the target and struck the handle so many times it chewed half-way through below the head, then it was left to rust and rot. Surface of the head is pitted and I see no ID, maybe it is an old TrueTemper woodslasher, I am guessing 1950s since I see no gripping ridges in the eye. Anyway I had to knock the limbs off this forty-foot long tree before sawing it up, so for the fun of it I picked this axe up and looked at it. Amazingly the head seemed very tight on the handle, and the handle was not warped either. The blade was sharp enough to work, so I gave it a try and it did the job without a beat, knocking all the limbs off the fallen tree from four-inches in diameter on down to near-twigs with no problem whatsoever. I guess I will sharpen it up a bit and oil the handle well and just keep on using it as a beater.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

Well its still better than whatever you could get at Lowes lol

 

[Ernest DuBois]

With the color and very little apparent grain showing in the photo plus the form of its grip the handle itself looks Scandinavian or Finnish influenced, by chance or intention, who's to say. Do you think that it's birch? Its condition is familiar and I've got and use one almost the same. As long as the demands of its use are not exceeding the limits of its condition the only reason to change is a lack of understanding this relationship or simple vanity, wanting the axe to look good. You are really a junk axe junkie. I think it's a theme with potential to become a thread.

 

[gben]

the handle itself looks Scandinavian or Finnish influenced, by chance or intention, .

I think it is just bad photo that chopped off the end. I laid the axe next to other standard USA single-bits and it looked just like any of them.