Stone hatchet from local estate sale.

[gben]

Probably the only one of these I will ever run across at a local sale, also surely the oldest hatchet I have. Anyone know how old these things usually are? I am guessing it is granite, but I am not a rock-ologist.

 

[jblyttle]

Stone age, pretty old.

 

[phantomknives]

dang

 

[Square_peg]

You have to remember that N. America was stone age up until contact and in many regions for several centuries after that. I bet similar hatchets were still in use into the 1800's at least in the west.

 

[bronc076]

Very nice! Should be fun to hang and sharpen!

 

[gben]

Found this info with a bit of poking around, looks almost identical to the one I found:

 

[I'mSoSharp]

Interesting & cool at the same time.

 

[flexo]

what's the pattern?

 

[Woodcraft]

Does it have an M on it?

 

[Moonw]

Does it have an M on it?

This cracked me up!

 

[Moonw]

Reposting this!

 

[phantomknives]

so thats where we got the idea for polls

 

[Woodcraft]

what's the pattern?

Rounded corners, rounded poll.Pre Michigan, Michigan.

 

[nzedge]

Interesting find.
Sorry I cant offer any info on the maker. Would like to see this pop up in the "what did you rehang today thread"