Old Swedish Axe

[John Frankl]

Inspired by the Old Swedish Hatchet thread, and hoping Cegga might help again, I am posting a couple photos of an old Swedish axe head I have reshaped and am getting ready to rehang.


The mark is a Crown with "GBA" under it. I am guessing Gransfors Bruks Axe???

On the other side it is marked "3 1/2" making me think it was made for export to the U.S.????

It has a little blue paint left on it. I am wondering if anyone knows how old it might be, etc. judging from the markings.

Thanks,

John

 

[celebornen]

maybe you've got something from the winter war during ww2 sweden sent alot of supplies to the front for finland

 

[cegga]

Hey!!
I think that Gränssfors start forging this type of axes around 1930 but I am not sure.
And this axe are not a swedish model of axes it was a man I will check up his name that was on a tripp to US that bring a lots of differents axe model to sweden all of them was copy of Us axes and this was around 1850 if I remember rigth.And all Sweden made axes has the weigth in pounds and kg and I think they still do So the axe can have it in pounds or kilo or both.
Cegga

 

[John Frankl]

Thank you both. Cegga, I look forward to any further information you may have.

Also, what is the best way to contact you about a custome axe?