Car boot bounty (again) - an axe this time

[bhofmann]

Mooching around the car boot, on the lookout for buoyancy jackets for my new sport (canoeing) I came across the following axe. The head is clearly hand forged with hammer marks still evident. A lovely looking axe, and for £5 I simply could not resist it. Well, £4.70 actually since I'd spent 30p of my £5 budget on 3 pieces of leather earlier.

 

[bayleaf]

Nice hand axe.It's known as the Kentish axe.It clearly has some age,but is probably mass produced.No Smithy worth his reputation would have left a rough finish.The design was very popular until comparatively recently.A good find,and worth every penny.

 

[Radix lecti]

Great find there bhofmann,nice to see yours in such good condition ,the ones i find i have to clean up and rehandle.Thanks for sharing.
Darren

 

[Ph34r]

I swear down that everyone holds back their good items when I walk past them at boot sales!

 

[topknot]

Nice one, car boot sale are a good place to have a look round .

Topknot.

 

[Hedgehog]

Nice Kent pattern indeed.

A snedding (limbing) axe by design I gather. Also used by hedgers, coppice workers and many many others as a general tool. Not much suited to splitting but makes a fair carving axe, I have a few & really like them.

Is there no stamp on the other cheek?

 

[Tengu]

I got a 53 volume set of Dennis Wheatley novels (no interest for me but an author whos comming back into fashion)

and a bidet with fittings.

A friend offered me several axe heads (mostly kentish) but nothing took my eye.

 

[EdS]

does the set include the Roger Brooks - French Revolution ones?

 

[bushwacker bob]

I got a bidet with fittings.

I find if I take mine to the woods it makes my rucsack a bit on the heavy side.Its worth taking it on long hikes though for the added comfort that you just cant get unless you take the cast iron bath.

 

[Tengu]

EDs, yes, I think it does

what were you offering to swap?

my bidet is a pretty fawn shade with gold plated fittings.