Cast steel head with a single lug and an oval eye. Chisel blade on one side of eye, a pyramidal pick point on other. The ax is fitted with a hickory fawn foot handle. Head originally painted a bittersweet red-orange; traces of this color remain in the stamped letters of the inscription. This paint appears to be painted over with a barn red color.
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Shaker Museum Ax, Ice. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=21953. Accessed on September 28, 2024
