Long bit axe info requested

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

I picked up this axe on the weekend as we returned from vacation and am wondering what pattern it would fit into. Appears forged, 36" haft split at the eye (light coloured hickory?), three steel wedges, 12" long bit, ~ 5 1/2" blade, very solid feel to the hanging, and overall a new type to add to my collection. Any info on type/uses etc will be appreciated. Btw it carries beautifully slung over one shoulder! Looks like a francisca on steroids to me!

 

[Ernest DuBois]

It could be a French carpenter's axe type. This guy's got one only a little bigger. http://www.en.charpentiers.culture....diversityofbroadaxes/bigeoireauvergnate?media

E.DB.

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

It was sold as 1800's French axe, but I don't often put too much stake in labels at antique markets!!
Thank you for the first step!

 

[Ernest DuBois]

It's most likely French then, and it seems south central, Auvergne region.

E.DB.

 

[flexo]

i have got a beret but not auvergnat accent,but i tell you this is french!
might be some particular felling axe as french felling axes were long nosed ,but this one is weirdly fitted ,like those felling axes i told,the one shown on video and a francisca...
not uncommon to find a 1800 and so in france...

 

[bbforstr]

Definitely not American. That is one cool axe.