A curious hatchet

M ELEY · 30th September 2025, 11:18 PM

Hello Mark. Boy, you sure know how to find them! Yep, this appears to be a Revolutionary War pattern camp axe or there-abouts, ca late 18th. It fits the pattern in Hartzler's, Neumann's, and Hotham's. I tried to look up that interesting CC and O stamp pattern and saw it in the same reference you posted Hartzler/Knowles, but no matching anywhere else. To the best of my reading, 99% of these early marked axes remain unidentified as to their maker. I did see a lot that have either a single "0" or double zero. It is a nice old soldier for your growing collection!

30th September 2025, 11:18 PM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,207	Hello Mark. Boy, you sure know how to find them! Yep, this appears to be a Revolutionary War pattern camp axe or there-abouts, ca late 18th. It fits the pattern in Hartzler's, Neumann's, and Hotham's. I tried to look up that interesting CC and O stamp pattern and saw it in the same reference you posted Hartzler/Knowles, but no matching anywhere else. To the best of my reading, 99% of these early marked axes remain unidentified as to their maker. I did see a lot that have either a single "0" or double zero. It is a nice old soldier for your growing collection!