Ax

Object Name:

Ax

Object ID:

1957.036.127

Creator:

Underhill & BrownManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Auburn, NH

Date:

1850-1856

Description:

Ax, steel and wood. Medium tan hardwood handle. Handle oval in cross-section, 1.1" x 1.8" at butt. Flared at other end, for socket. Central axis of handle 3.3" offset of axis of head socket. At socket, handle 2.3" wide, 0.9" deep. Socket body has flared shoulders on either side of hole on both sides of body. Body flares outward slightly on non-blade side of socket. Solid area, 1.1" thick x 2.9" wide, 1.2" deep. Edges of body on this side, reasonably sharp and square. On blade side, socket body swell curves outward and forward towards blade edge. Distance from socket hole to blade edge: 7.1". Blade cutting width: 7". Cutting edge curved. Blade curves ~0.9" outward from its edges. Blade beveled on both sides. Bevel ~0.5" wide. Adjacent to bevel, blade thickness ~0.25". Blade stamped on one side, adjacent to socket: "UNDERHILL" "& BROWN". Below that incomplete stamp: "ST-STEE[ ]" (Probably "CAST STEEL".

Material:

Metal
Wood
Steel

Dimensions:

H-27 W-11.2 D-4.8 inches Weight-109.8 oz

Credit Line:

Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes

Subjects:

Axes