Damaged Boarding Axe?

mgolab · 15th June 2025, 01:06 PM

Thanks Mark. I think that analysis makes a lot of sense.

What is throwing me off are the langets. Could this piece be a re-purposed British/American Colonial blacksmith made boarding axe that fell into Native American trade? I know that we have seen examples of early boarding axes where the spike was removed and repurposed as a belt axe.

I suspect the spike was much longer at one stage and in its current state, the head is already 6 inches.

Anyway just a thought.

15th June 2025, 01:06 PM	#12
mgolab Member Join Date: Jun 2023 Posts: 68	Thanks Mark. I think that analysis makes a lot of sense. What is throwing me off are the langets. Could this piece be a re-purposed British/American Colonial blacksmith made boarding axe that fell into Native American trade? I know that we have seen examples of early boarding axes where the spike was removed and repurposed as a belt axe. I suspect the spike was much longer at one stage and in its current state, the head is already 6 inches. Anyway just a thought.