oddly.... I can't help but think that the rivet repair was actually intensional...
my thoughts are that this is the way the axe was made..
- if the axe was made of wrought iron..... which is fiberous... the fibers will split generally in the direction they are heading.....
- in other words.. the split should be perpendicular to that one on the axe..
well.. this is just my idea.......
Greg
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