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Old 6th February 2015, 05:38 PM   #18
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THE FERRULE AND THE IRON STRAP AROUND THE BUTT OF THE HANDLE ARE FORGED BUT ROUND. THE WOOD SHAFT IS SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR BUT BASICALLY ROUND. IT IS TAPERED DOWN SMALL AT THE BUTT AND THE GRIP IS CLOSER TO THE HEAD WHERE THE GRIP AND BALANCE IS RIGHT, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR FIGHTING UP CLOSE BUT DOSEN'T ADD MUCH TO YOUR REACH. IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A TREE BRANCH WAS USED AND ROUGHED OUT TAPERED AND SMOOTHED LEAVING IT CLOSE TO ITS NATURAL SHAPE NOT TURNED BY MACHINE. THE BLADE IS SHARP ON THE INSIDE CURVE AND AROUND THE ROUNDED AX BLADE AT THE SIDE.
THE BLADE IS 1/2 INCH THICK AT THE FORTE AND TAPERS DOWN TO 1/16 INCH AT THE SPINE TIP. IT IS MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF STEEL AND I SEE NO TRACES OF ANY FORGED WELDS. THERE IS AN X ROUGHLY CUT ON THE SPINE COMING DOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE AND AN INDENTATION THAT MAY BE A VERY CRUDE MAKERS MARK ON ONE SIDE TO THE BLADES MIDDLE. HERE ARE TWO POOR PICTURES ONE SHOWING THE FERRULES AND GRIP AND ONE THE SPINE OF THE BLADE.
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