View Full Version : Axe / hatchet ID anyone ?
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anyone now anything about this style of axe / hatchet ?
Robbi
launditch1
03-05-2010, 18:54
Its a good old Kent pattern hatchet.
There was another post asking the same question a few weeks back, maybe have a look? I remember it being a simular, if not the same axe. Ill be interested to know when you find out anyway.
cheers Launditch1, a Kent pattern hatchet, do they have a paticular use or just a style of general hatchet ?
launditch1
03-05-2010, 19:50
They are just a general hatchet really..there is another version with a single bevel(side axe).According to my book there were many regional variants of this type, this one seems to have survived.
yep, and in belfast too, i wonder if it's a varient local to here ?
its probably local to kent. i have one of the same style made by gilpin, are there any makers marks on yours?
there are but so feint that i can't make them out
Everything Mac
03-05-2010, 21:03
It is a kent pattern axe.
I believe this was just the style of axe that was popular in the UK. - very different from the American design which is seen on most axes these days.
No articles on them I'm afraid. that I could find anyway.
They are a very old design as far as I know. - quite good for carving with.
Andy
woodspirits
03-05-2010, 21:17
tj, my gilpin is very similar too, but do you notice that small band of detail pattern near the head? its almost identicall to an elwell i have hmm :confused:
tj, my gilpin is very similar too, but do you notice that small band of detail pattern near the head? its almost identicall to an elwell i have hmm :confused:
hmm... yeah, and the shape where it changes from the eye to the blade looks alot like a friends elwell i've seen.
elwell or gilpin, whatever brand it is its a good axe, i like kent patterns they are lovely for shaping and stripping bark with.
well worth a bit of TLC then, it'll need a new shaft as this one has woodworm holes in it, rotary wire brush to get the black paint off and a bit of a sharpen should work wonders.
Robbi