Axe / hatchet ID anyone ?

[Robbi]

anyone now anything about this style of axe / hatchet ?

Robbi

 

[launditch1]

Its a good old Kent pattern hatchet.

 

[Ph34r]

There was another post asking the same question a few weeks back, maybe have a look? I remember it being a simular, if not the same axe. Ill be interested to know when you find out anyway.

 

[Robbi]

cheers Launditch1, a Kent pattern hatchet, do they have a paticular use or just a style of general hatchet ?

 

[launditch1]

They are just a general hatchet really..there is another version with a single bevel(side axe).According to my book there were many regional variants of this type, this one seems to have survived.

 

[Robbi]

yep, and in belfast too, i wonder if it's a varient local to here ?

 

[TJRoots]

its probably local to kent. i have one of the same style made by gilpin, are there any makers marks on yours?

 

[Robbi]

there are but so feint that i can't make them out

 

[Everything Mac]

It is a kent pattern axe.

I believe this was just the style of axe that was popular in the UK. - very different from the American design which is seen on most axes these days.

No articles on them I'm afraid. that I could find anyway.


They are a very old design as far as I know. - quite good for carving with.

Andy

 

[woodspirits]

tj, my gilpin is very similar too, but do you notice that small band of detail pattern near the head? its almost identicall to an elwell i have hmm

 

[TJRoots]

tj, my gilpin is very similar too, but do you notice that small band of detail pattern near the head? its almost identicall to an elwell i have hmm

hmm... yeah, and the shape where it changes from the eye to the blade looks alot like a friends elwell i've seen.

elwell or gilpin, whatever brand it is its a good axe, i like kent patterns they are lovely for shaping and stripping bark with.

 

[Robbi]

well worth a bit of TLC then, it'll need a new shaft as this one has woodworm holes in it, rotary wire brush to get the black paint off and a bit of a sharpen should work wonders.

Robbi