Unidentified hatchet?

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blanchardd75

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Hey guys, my father has a hatchet that he found stuck in the ground of a barn about 20 years ago. He reckons the pick style end was used to kill cows and it's 70 ish years old. I know nothing about it and have never seen this style, any help would be appreciated.
 
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is it wedged to the haft? what is the length? Looks to me like some sort of tomahawk hung on a hammer handle
 
triggahappy said:
is it wedged to the haft? what is the length? Looks to me like some sort of tomahawk hung on a hammer handle
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No it's not wedged, it didn't have a handle when he got it, and you are correct. He doesn't know much about axes so he hung it on a hammer handle, but it works for him. The length of the head is probably eight inches from the pick end to the cutting edge.
 
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I think you've got a super cool piece! some kind of lugged tomahawk, someone who knows more will come along and give you a better answer
 
That was my guess as well. It's a variety of ice pick and/or bit. I don't think (having grown up on a Dairy Farm in Northern Indiana) that something that small and short would be useful for culling cows or hogs.
 
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