Unknown Axe Pattern & Spud?

[Utopos]

I spied this axe at a local second hand establishment. I suppose it can be used for anything you'd like but would anyone know if the pattern is designed for a specific purpose?

Thank you!

 

[Hickory n steel]

It's an ice harvesting axe.

 

[Utopos]

Thank you!

 

[Utopos]

Would this be a bark or cedar spud?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Would this be a bark or cedar spud?

Most likely a form of large chisel/slick. Spuds are used for prying the bark and are usually socketed as a result. If they used a tang and ferrule assembly, they would surely use a more robust and longer ferrule than that one. Its form shows that it's intended to resist pushing forces but not prying ones so much.

 

[Square_peg]

I spied this axe at a local second hand establishment. I suppose it can be used for anything you'd like but would anyone know if the pattern is designed for a specific purpose?

Thank you!

It's a Chicago pattern ice axe. And I agree with 42 that your other tool is a chisel or slick. It would help to see a side view.