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A proto-American boarding axe?

9th January 2025, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CutlassCollector

But not as weird as the 'rake' axe. And Jim is surely right - no way is that an ice axe!

I have checked my axe and tool books and although there are hundreds of axe types, there are no examples that help with either of these ones.

Have we considered that ice ax is not a piolet but is an ice ax. The teeth could be for chipping large amounts of ice.

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