Damaged Boarding Axe?

CutlassCollector · Yesterday, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mgolab

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?

Mark G,
I agree, langets do seem to confuse the issue and perhaps a modified boarding axe for private purchase may be a possibility. Integral side langets much harder and time consuming for a local blacksmith to make.

mgolab · Yesterday, 01:56 PM

Thank you CC for the further comments.

Just to add, the haft is very old (my best guess would be late 18th Century) and seems to have a "blackening" to it.

Also, I could never support this statement with valid facts and supporting evidence, but this axe was found in the Delaware River Valley, where there was significant naval action on both sides in 1777 (the Delaware River Valley Campaign of 1777).

M ELEY · Today, 05:20 AM

I'm beginning to think that you and CC are corret and this could be a 'private purchase' boarding axe repurposed later in it's life. It stiil appears someone took it to a grinding wheel or sanded it!

The langets do seem to match some of the examples I've seen. Good catch, Mark!

Yesterday, 01:56 PM	#2
mgolab Member Join Date: Jun 2023 Posts: 66	Thank you CC for the further comments. Just to add, the haft is very old (my best guess would be late 18th Century) and seems to have a "blackening" to it. Also, I could never support this statement with valid facts and supporting evidence, but this axe was found in the Delaware River Valley, where there was significant naval action on both sides in 1777 (the Delaware River Valley Campaign of 1777).

Today, 05:20 AM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	I'm beginning to think that you and CC are corret and this could be a 'private purchase' boarding axe repurposed later in it's life. It stiil appears someone took it to a grinding wheel or sanded it! The langets do seem to match some of the examples I've seen. Good catch, Mark!