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M ELEY · 14th February 2006, 08:45 AM

Ebay item #6251660306. Got it for a steal (money is tight right now, but I couldn't resist a bargain!). These true tomahawk axes (the weapon/tools of ealy America) were just as real as the so-called trade pipe tomahawks. Used by soldiers, frontiersmen and Indians, they are very misunderstood and so bargains can still be found. This one dates to 1790-1840 (height of the fur trade) and the "nail pulling slot" is actually a beaver trap chain pull (squared off cut). Although not ethnographic in the classic sense, still unusual enough to be of interest and an important part of istory...

14th February 2006, 08:45 AM	#55
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Colonial fur-trade spike axe/tomahawk Ebay item #6251660306. Got it for a steal (money is tight right now, but I couldn't resist a bargain!). These true tomahawk axes (the weapon/tools of ealy America) were just as real as the so-called trade pipe tomahawks. Used by soldiers, frontiersmen and Indians, they are very misunderstood and so bargains can still be found. This one dates to 1790-1840 (height of the fur trade) and the "nail pulling slot" is actually a beaver trap chain pull (squared off cut). Although not ethnographic in the classic sense, still unusual enough to be of interest and an important part of istory...