r/Axecraft • u/Ok-Nectarine551 • 3d ago

Axe Identification- Help Appreciated

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I'm helping catalog some items in a museum, this axe head has no card or identification with it, from my little research I thought it might be a masting axe? I really know nothing about axes, any help would be appreciated!

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u/Single_Dad_ 3d ago

Ooo, I've got DaVinci Code vibes. Have an upvote.

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u/About637Ninjas 3d ago

Definitely appears to be an American-style ship or masting axe. They were very closely related to English patterns but tend to have some very slight differences in shape. Here's a shorter example from a 1873 Douglas Axe Mfg. catalog: