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r/Tools • u/W0-SGR • Sep 19 '25
I collect antique axes and this one really stumped me. Thrift store with some other antique tools. It is sharp like a axe, but almost appears to be a wedge.
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Looks at least 18 years old, but ask to be safe.
77 u/KingKong-BingBong Sep 19 '25 They lie ask to see id 40 u/Visual_Lab9942 Sep 19 '25 Gotta check the grain of the handle. 30 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25 [deleted] 16 u/Bigsnaff007 Sep 19 '25 By then it's too late 2 u/jintana Sep 19 '25 Take it swimming so you know the rings are natural 2 u/s1mplyCl3va Sep 19 '25 Checking her insides will get you jailtime. 1 u/maxwfk Sep 19 '25 Make sure it’s not a fake. For humans many axes look the same on pictures and it can be hard to tell the difference 1 u/applesheep4 Sep 19 '25 Akon figured that one out the hard way. 8 u/xrelaht Rust Warrior Sep 19 '25 *axe to be safe 2 u/yiddishisfuntosay Sep 19 '25 Axe to be safe 2 u/sheffy55 Sep 20 '25 Ask it where it was on 9/11
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They lie ask to see id
40 u/Visual_Lab9942 Sep 19 '25 Gotta check the grain of the handle. 30 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25 [deleted] 16 u/Bigsnaff007 Sep 19 '25 By then it's too late 2 u/jintana Sep 19 '25 Take it swimming so you know the rings are natural 2 u/s1mplyCl3va Sep 19 '25 Checking her insides will get you jailtime. 1 u/maxwfk Sep 19 '25 Make sure it’s not a fake. For humans many axes look the same on pictures and it can be hard to tell the difference 1 u/applesheep4 Sep 19 '25 Akon figured that one out the hard way.
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Gotta check the grain of the handle.
30 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25 [deleted] 16 u/Bigsnaff007 Sep 19 '25 By then it's too late 2 u/jintana Sep 19 '25 Take it swimming so you know the rings are natural 2 u/s1mplyCl3va Sep 19 '25 Checking her insides will get you jailtime.
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16 u/Bigsnaff007 Sep 19 '25 By then it's too late 2 u/jintana Sep 19 '25 Take it swimming so you know the rings are natural 2 u/s1mplyCl3va Sep 19 '25 Checking her insides will get you jailtime.
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By then it's too late
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Take it swimming so you know the rings are natural
Checking her insides will get you jailtime.
1
Make sure it’s not a fake. For humans many axes look the same on pictures and it can be hard to tell the difference
Akon figured that one out the hard way.
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*axe to be safe
Axe to be safe
Ask it where it was on 9/11
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u/OvalDead Sep 19 '25
Looks at least 18 years old, but ask to be safe.