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The only reference I can think of is:
Klenman, Allan
1990 Axe Makers of North America. Whistle Punk Books, Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada.
Weisgerber, Bernie
1999 An Ax to Grind: A Practical Ax Manual. USDA Forest Service.
Technology and Development Program, 9923-2823-MTDC, Missoula, Montana.
Note: it shows about 28 ax head shapes each with a seperate name and
approximate weight. It is a .pdf file of almost 12MB
"Around the turn of the 19th century, more
than 300 different ax-head patterns were being
manufactured in the United States. Many were
nearly identical. To simplify identifcation and
eliminate unnecessary or duplicate patterns,
the Ax Manufacturers’ Association agreed to set
a standard, which resulted in a standard chart
of ax patterns (Figure 9).
I can e-mail the latter if you want. Contact me off-list.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> The problem: Falling Creek Ironworks had two occupational episodes:
> 1619-1622 where the first blast New World blast furnace was built but the
> question was whether it got into blast prior to destruction by the
> Powhatans. The second occupation was by Archibald Cary who ran a forge
> there from 1750-1781 when Benedict Arnold burned it.
>
> Historians and archaeologists have visited it, excavated there and so
> forth since 1879.
>
> What HAS been recovered is forge slag and what has NOT been recovered is
> furnace slag.
>
> One of the artifacts is a rather large axehead. Where the handle fits, the
> metal is formed with a < shape on the handle side and a > shape on the head
> side. The neck is rather thin.
>
> Has anyone got info on the typology of axe heads that would shed light on
> the differences among early 17th century and middle to late 18th century
> types?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lyle Browning
>
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