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machinist 30th March 2017 01:52 AM

ancient English bronze axe
 
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A very old and complete axe.
more info about its dig here

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-c...shire-35280290

https://www.facebook.com/75158487161...21134271330591

Lee 30th March 2017 02:15 PM

Very nice! The axe heads are fairly common, but it is wonderful to get this glimpse of an original haft and how the axe head was mounted. Thanks for sharing this.

machinist 30th March 2017 08:08 PM

Thanks Lee, I occasionally run across excavated pieces on other sites and think I should post more of them here. Unfortunately many articles are lacking in good pictures but this one stood out well.

Andi 31st March 2017 08:07 PM

Cool - really rare find...

Pukka Bundook 31st March 2017 09:53 PM

Very 'modern' and well made looking. I would have imagined something much more rustic, not well cut and finished as this piece is.

Thank you for posting it!

Richard.


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