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Published: 2008-01-09 04:02:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 158; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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This is my axe that i dug out of an antique shopthe guy didn't even know he had it so he sold it to me for $70
i have no idea what kind of axe this is, how old it is, who made it and where it came from
there are no stamps on it nothing its just an old axe
if anyone has any info please tell me i would appreciate it
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It's called a Bush Hook.
Think of it as a bastard child of an axe and a bill.
Small trees and bushes will be sheared off easily with this thing (if sharpended). They're still sold through landscaping, surveying, and forestry workers equipment catalogs. Examples...
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Interesting trivia... The Hildebrandt Brothers used bush hooks as the main weapon to arm their orcs in their Lord Of The Rings paintings.
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woah, thanks
how far does it date back to do you know?
and thanks for the fave
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Well, the pruning bill was a common farming tool all the way back to the Romans. How far back it goes before that is anyone's guess.
In the Middles Ages, the bill was adapted as a battlefield weapon by adding a spear point and a hook to the blade...
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It was apparently very utilitarian and popular.
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It looks like it could tear things.
I would call it..."MEAT-RIPPER!!!!!!"
*meow*
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well... the blade looked like a tool that was made for that... guess i was wrong
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i think they are used to cut high branches...
or something like that...
looks really wicked though!
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its to top heavy, and short i dunno if that would be logical
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oos i like that.
the blade ecspecially
since it has a diferent
shape to itss
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