I feel silly asking this, but, I am cleaning my shop and trying to deal with a bunch of stuff that belonged to my Great Grand Mother (died in the 70's). Some of the stuff dates back to the Civil War. No idea about these ax heads. I am in the process of removing rust (Evapo Rust).
This ax has a handle that is not in great shape and it pulled right out. The handle is like that of a hammer. Also, what is up with that notch?
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Then we have this one, which does NOT have the standard hammer and the "cutting edge" has been completely removed so there is > 1/8" blunt edge. I assume that someone intended to completely redo the edge and that it was not intended to be used blunt. I assume that this is a hatchet head and that the previous one was used for something else. Since I do not have any handle examples for this, I want to try and guess what the handle would normally look like for this type of hatchet.
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I intend to try to make handle for these, but my first step is to remove rust and then sharpen them. Then, I can worry about a handle.
After I know what these might be called, I can probably find some pictures that show these with a handle attached. Lazy me will just buy a handle if I can find one, and will make one if I cannot.