Axe - Broad Or Squaring
Maker
Plumb
Description
This type of steel head axe is known as a broad axes used for squaring timbers (shaving the sides flat from fallen trees). Recognisable features of a broad axe are, the eye (the hole in which the handle goes through is not centred, one side of the blade cheek is flattened and the other side is bevelled.
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Object detail
Courtesy of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
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