Basin Depot 1999-2000 - Axe

Single-bit axes were among the most common logging tools, used for felling, limbing, scoring, splitting and chopping. Somewhat safer than their double-bitted cousins, they allowed the axeman to make use of the square poll for driving gluts, wedges and stakes. They were usually hafted on a handle about 3 feet (1 m) long.

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