I hadn’t considered the corrosion issue due to the prevalence of brass guards on steel swords or knives but that does make sense. I’ll see if I can find someone to make steel langets after I finish carving down a handle. I may leave off the belt hook however as the hafted example with a matching head on the Pirates Lair doesn’t have one. If Mark is correct that this predates the year 1800, I’m curious by how much. I know CC’s site mentions the possibility that belt loops didn’t become standard on French boarding axes until the latter half of the 1700’s.
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