Ax, Ice
- Object Name:
- Ax, Ice
- Object ID:
- 2000.011
- Creator:
- Underhill Edge Tool Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1852-1890
- Description:
- Ice chipping axe. Wooden (hickory?) handle with metal (iron with steel blade insert) head. Head has blade at one end (2.75" wide), pick at other end. Maker's mark stamped on flat portion of blade, "UNDERHIL[L] / EDGE TOOL CO". Small mark stamped on underside of head, "[LC]". Overall: 28" long (handle length), 13.5" wide (head), 1.25" thick at handle end, 1" thick at head end.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- W-13.5 L-28 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased at an online auction, April 2000. Ice axe head marked Underhill Edge Tool Co., which made tools in Nashua, NH, 1852-1890.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Axes, Ice, Ice industry, Ice cutting
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