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					Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
					
				 
				I believe that your old Elwell is as it came from the factory, and that any use it has had during its life was as a GP axe. If it had been used as a felling axe any self-respecting professional using it for this would have ground and sharpened it for this purpose. This axe has never been ground and sharpened as a felling axe for use on softwoods, so anybody trying to use it day in and day out for that job would have had a very hard row to hoe. 
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 Yes it seemed virtually unused when I found it a couple of decades ago.
Ive never ground it.
So your deduction is probably correct! 
 
Spiral