old ax: genuine or copy?

cel7 · 30th April 2023, 07:41 PM

It sure is old. The handle could have been renewed, hard to say but that is to be expected with axes of this age. The "crack" to the right of the marks is not a break but an indication of how it was forged. That part is folded over and forged together . A technique that you often see with old forged axes.

gioberto70 · 1st May 2023, 09:02 PM

Thanks for the reply. The handle fits perfectly into the iron part, the writing (as you can see from the first letter, a T) seems to be gothic. On the other side of the handle there is another writing, longer but indecipherable, because it is worn. The old age of the handle seems evident to me
I simply cleaned the neck very well because it was very dirty, but I didn't do any treatment to the wood. Should I put an impregnator?

30th April 2023, 07:41 PM	#1
cel7 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 157	It sure is old. The handle could have been renewed, hard to say but that is to be expected with axes of this age. The "crack" to the right of the marks is not a break but an indication of how it was forged. That part is folded over and forged together . A technique that you often see with old forged axes.

1st May 2023, 09:02 PM	#2
gioberto70 Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 2	Thanks for the reply. The handle fits perfectly into the iron part, the writing (as you can see from the first letter, a T) seems to be gothic. On the other side of the handle there is another writing, longer but indecipherable, because it is worn. The old age of the handle seems evident to me I simply cleaned the neck very well because it was very dirty, but I didn't do any treatment to the wood. Should I put an impregnator?