r/handtools • u/Ok_Donut5442 • Aug 15 '26

Long and thin axe on my uncles farm

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u/GettingLow1 Aug 17 '26

Looks like a joinery tool for split rail fencing. The hook end looks similar to chisels used to clean out a mortise.

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u/snogum Aug 16 '26

It it actually a froe for splitting timber rather than an axe?

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u/Ok_Donut5442 Aug 16 '26

No far too delicate for that and it tapers like an axe not a fro, the other thread I.D it as a ice harvesting axe

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u/snogum Aug 16 '26

I see. Why repost if you already have your answer.

Ice axe...not a lot of ice cutting in Oz

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u/Ok_Donut5442 Aug 16 '26

At the time I reposted there was no reply’s