Help Requested ID'ing Dug Axe

Pukka Bundook · 30th January 2013, 08:11 PM

I think M Eley might have cracked it!

I was going to reply to this thread this morning, but computer threw a fit.
And I Was going to say that it reminds me of a boathook, but shank is much too short.
Then, I thought maybe a boarding axe, as such items were weapons as well as tools.
Also wonderd vaguely about a fireman's axe...18thC or before....

But I think M Eley may have put all this idle conjecture to rest!

Richard.

30th January 2013, 08:11 PM	#13
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	I think M Eley might have cracked it! I was going to reply to this thread this morning, but computer threw a fit. And I Was going to say that it reminds me of a boathook, but shank is much too short. Then, I thought maybe a boarding axe, as such items were weapons as well as tools. Also wonderd vaguely about a fireman's axe...18thC or before.... But I think M Eley may have put all this idle conjecture to rest! Richard.