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Rick · 12th September 2009, 10:59 PM

I asked a tool savvy friend and he posits that this may be for the scoring and splitting of ice blocks in the old days .

Chip the score line with the axe and a few well placed blows from the pointed end would make the fracture .

http://www.howellfarm.org/farm/crops/ice/ice.htm

12th September 2009, 10:59 PM	#13
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	I asked a tool savvy friend and he posits that this may be for the scoring and splitting of ice blocks in the old days . Chip the score line with the axe and a few well placed blows from the pointed end would make the fracture . http://www.howellfarm.org/farm/crops/ice/ice.htm Last edited by Rick; 13th September 2009 at 12:02 AM.