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Looks like striped maple
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https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/acer/pensylvanicum/


Nice handle !
 
Looked at the leaves this morning,yep its a maple. We will see if the handle holds up or not. Only planned on using it to pound wedges and cut strings when splitting. IMG_20180903_075424591.jpg
 
Question: So what is this maul? Saw at friends cabin this weekend.
I am guessing it had rawhide or wood on the sides with the circles, but doesn’t apear any way to hold it in. Circles only about 1/2 inch deep, and don’t go through to the handle hole as far as I could tell. Didn’t look real close.
 

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So I’m at my sister in law’s wedding yesterday and there’s a pickaroon head lying in the gutter outside the church.

Took it home, ground the dings off the head, and gave it soaking in Ospho.

I couldn’t make out what the makers mark says. Maybe will be more clear after Ospho. Maybe “Hickory”? Looks to be a cut down axe head.

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Out of the Ospho.

The “Hickory” stamp is much more clear now with ... Co below it and ... Minn below that. Will need to do some googling to figure this out.

Not sure if the tip was welded on or hardened but you can see the difference in metal about an inch out on the point from the body of the head.

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Picked up a 36” handle for that pickaroon head I found last weekend. Their supply of axe handles was really depleted, I’m wondering if they are going to phase out the House Handle line.

I see that they (L and M) also are again stocking Oregon chains and certain sizes are now only offered in Oregon. For the last several months they’ve only offered Trilink. Wondering if they are pulling the pin of Trilink? @Philbert
 
Picked up a 36” handle for that pickaroon head I found last weekend. Their supply of axe handles was really depleted, I’m wondering if they are going to phase out the House Handle line.

I see that they (L and M) also are again stocking Oregon chains and certain sizes are now only offered in Oregon. For the last several months they’ve only offered Trilink. Wondering if they are pulling the pin of Trilink? @Philbert
The only place I could find a Oregon chain for my Homelite super ez was online. Mills fleet and L&M was a bust.
 
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