Damaged Boarding Axe?

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

Although uncommon, there are spike tomahawks that will occasionally be found with both a steel bit AND a steel spike, like this early one from my own collection. This one dates pre-1800, has very thin 'walls' around the eye and possibly an original haft-

Thanks Mark,
Interesting and I was not very aware of that, good to learn something new. I will look at my own collection with a new eye to see if there are any steel spikes.