This is an old piece that has been handed down through our family for a long time. What may first look like an early hatchet is not.
Short throw and it is 15 1/2 inches from end of handle to where it comes through. Cutting edge is 6 inches.
This is the oldest one I have. It is a specialty axe.
Handle is offset totally to one side. This was used to hand hewn wood beams before the days of saw mills
This is looking straight down the side
I have actually used it too. We moved an original log cabin back on Dad's place and some of the timbers were gone on the bottom. We pulled a few logs out of the woods and did then the old way. We used this and an adz but we cheated some with a saw. Gives you a LOT of respect for the way they had to do it.
You can see the cabin to the right side here. Thought some may have never seen one of these tools and would be of interest.
![MVC-008S_1.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f75/f75601c239179dd92bb767dd930049de.jpg)
Short throw and it is 15 1/2 inches from end of handle to where it comes through. Cutting edge is 6 inches.
![MVC-002S_1.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/558/558fcf782bb31205ea05b7d50d72a2cf.jpg)
This is the oldest one I have. It is a specialty axe.
![MVC-003S_2.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/594/594765c21751a7e9315f1311e22cf993.jpg)
Handle is offset totally to one side. This was used to hand hewn wood beams before the days of saw mills
![MVC-002S_2.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/25d/25dd705d39eecc7c7fbb59f3599b3e8c.jpg)
This is looking straight down the side
![MVC-004S_2.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/45f/45fb329f24cb0f3aafd99e61f20240fe.jpg)
![MVC-005S_1.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d0f/d0f1c293a43bf9b0e5f685f2922c1665.jpg)
![MVC-006S_1.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8b8/8b8b532f9f2400e16bc15788f08d9dfe.jpg)
I have actually used it too. We moved an original log cabin back on Dad's place and some of the timbers were gone on the bottom. We pulled a few logs out of the woods and did then the old way. We used this and an adz but we cheated some with a saw. Gives you a LOT of respect for the way they had to do it.
![sycamore.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/410/41077d6d174e20c882f7be581406ea81.jpg)
You can see the cabin to the right side here. Thought some may have never seen one of these tools and would be of interest.