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Atlantia · 15th May 2011, 05:46 PM

Would it be useful if I cleaned one up to show clearer pictures?

Thanks everyone

Jim, the short shafts on them are rubbish, clearly been on them for a while, but nowhere near as old as the axes.

I scoured the car boot sales today for vintage gardening tools and got two 40+ year old long handled Hoes with beautiful straight grained shafts.
Both 4'+ long

Which will be good if we can 100% positively ID these so I can remake the correct shafts.
They are so distinctive with the punched decoration and octagonal to circular hammer backs.
Both are very similar but different, so I'd venture that they may well be representative of a specific ethnographic type, rather than possibly just an atypical pair.
Interestingly, one has dot decoration all across the face of the hammer and around it randomly 'peppering' the surface.
So I'd guess that at least the hammer part is not meant to be used as a tool?

15th May 2011, 05:46 PM	#20
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Would it be useful if I cleaned one up to show clearer pictures? Thanks everyone Jim, the short shafts on them are rubbish, clearly been on them for a while, but nowhere near as old as the axes. I scoured the car boot sales today for vintage gardening tools and got two 40+ year old long handled Hoes with beautiful straight grained shafts. Both 4'+ long Which will be good if we can 100% positively ID these so I can remake the correct shafts. They are so distinctive with the punched decoration and octagonal to circular hammer backs. Both are very similar but different, so I'd venture that they may well be representative of a specific ethnographic type, rather than possibly just an atypical pair. Interestingly, one has dot decoration all across the face of the hammer and around it randomly 'peppering' the surface. So I'd guess that at least the hammer part is not meant to be used as a tool? Last edited by Atlantia; 15th May 2011 at 06:16 PM.