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Originally Posted by Lew
The iron ferrule is about 1/8" thick the bottom finale piece is some type of silver alloy?
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That's intersting, as the ferrule on my own example similarly measures approx. 1/8" - ranging from 2.6'ish to 3.4'ish mm.
By contrast, all the exmaples of undecorated head axes I have had and/or held had comparatively thin ferrules, e.g., the only other one in my possession at the moment has a ferrule bracketing 1mm in thickness.
I wonder if this represented a regional variation, or if was analogous to an 'upgrade' for those in positions of authority or importance...
