So i was thinking i bought a Swedish military axe ...

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Pindvin

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Hi there
Theres an auction on german ebay for some Swedish military axes. I bought one, thinking its a Hults Bruk axe ... (as in the photo).
What i got is an axe that is not even in the picture of the axes offered by the seller and there is no 3 crown stamp. Theres only a stamp i've never seen witch very hard to notice because of the coating.
Heres the stamp:

From what i can see it looks like this:

This is how the axe looks itself. What do you think? What do i have here?

Btw. the axe cover attached has the 3 crown stamp.
PS: The axe is made of laminated steel, the core is really tough ... I LOVE IT
 
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Curious bunch of divots on one side of this blade. Someone Swedish out there will know the function of this. The Swedes (gov't) never tendered for, nor buy, junk and this recent unloading of gov't surplus stuff might well (some of it) be 100 years old. Whatever you've got there the steel involved will be first class. On the stamp itself do I see an "A" and an intertwined "Y" by chance?
 
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Heres the actual stamp pic
 
This axe is made of laminated steel, i dont think such a good axe would have just an "yxa" stamp.
 
Pindvin said:
This axe is made of laminated steel, i dont think such a good axe would have just an "yxa" stamp.
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Laminated bits used to be the norm.

Is that notch a nail puller? That's an odd duck you've got there. It doesn't seem that old, but the laminated bit would suggest otherwise.
 
It looks like a nail puller (sort of, its not tappered in the notch and quite thick).
Im not sure if you can see this, but theres a depression on both sides between the poll and the axe eye. Also the poll looks like it had been ground on each side to keep it good looking. Is there a possibility that this axe was used as a regular tool, then restored, painted olive and implemented into the military equipment?
It looks quite roughly forged at the poll( you can see the poll in the photo with the stamp), and very fine at the edge:
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It was sharp right out the box, the axe sheath was quite old (the aluminum pins holding it almost dissapeared), and the sheath itself is stamped with 3 crowns.
 
For pulling tent pegs perhaps? Army conscripts did used to live out of tents at one time didn't they.
 
From an earlier thread about the Swedish military axes previously sold in the USA by Sportsmans Guide, showing some variations.
Haven't seen any with a notch like that. Perhaps the notch was "added" later?

Steve Tall said:
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Peter Vido got 20 (!) and is satisfied with them, all things considered.
One of his 20 was undersized and looks pretty nice:

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Here are more examples of the variety found in Peter's batch.

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Adding a notch would require too much work i think.
Maybe its a specialised axe? Like for example an army truckers axe or a military enginners axe?
 
That pattern is not at all uncommon in Sweden (I dont recognize the mark on that one, though) and I believe that the notch is a holdover from certain popular blacksmiths trademark as an attempt by a bigger maker to cash in on that popularity. As for the function, maybe it is comparable to the khukuri kauda?
 
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