3 2 (along with the implied pound (#) symbol to go with it) I understand perfectly well. There are many n. American axe heads out there marked 3 2 that happen to weigh 3 1/2 lb. I posed the question awhile back of how would, or could, industry describe (via single line stamps) 1 3/4 or 2 1/4 lb on that basis. That's when Steve chimed in with 'quarters' much as how sawyers still describe boards in relation to fractions of an inch (4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and even 8/4). A boy's axe (were there ever any that were weight stamped) would have been 2 1 and a house axe should have been stamped 1 3. But no one yet has come up with proof.
This is why I queried you; 2 6 is an entirely different critter! Known 3 2 axes are not and never have been 3 lb 2 oz. , nor 3 lb + .2 lb and therefore a 2 6 (to me) is merely a bizarre way of stating 3 2.
Describing Imperial system lengths or weights via decimal units (think thousands of an inch) is typical of metal workers and not wood workers!
This is why I queried you; 2 6 is an entirely different critter! Known 3 2 axes are not and never have been 3 lb 2 oz. , nor 3 lb + .2 lb and therefore a 2 6 (to me) is merely a bizarre way of stating 3 2.
Describing Imperial system lengths or weights via decimal units (think thousands of an inch) is typical of metal workers and not wood workers!
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