Thanks Mark. I think that analysis makes a lot of sense.
What is throwing me off are the langets. Could this piece be a re-purposed British/American Colonial blacksmith made boarding axe that fell into Native American trade? I know that we have seen examples of early boarding axes where the spike was removed and repurposed as a belt axe.
I suspect the spike was much longer at one stage and in its current state, the head is already 6 inches.
Anyway just a thought.
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