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Dad's cleaning his shop and found these two hatchets with some of his dad's stuff. All the guys they hunted with carried a knife and hatchet set. The knives are lost, probably claimed by someone as kitchen knives. The dark hatchet was grandpas, it's a western. The light hatchet was dads, a Soling from Japan.
And the what is it. Found about 10 of these in the weeds. About two inches wide, pretty heavy steel. Two bolt locations. Any ideas? Besides the obvious?
Re: Two hatchets and a what is it?
[Re: k snow]
#7216859 03/15/2107:23 PM03/15/2107:23 PM
Cultivator shank minus the cutting blade that bolt to one end while the shank is bolted to the cultivator frame? Haven't pulled a cultivator in years, but that sure looks like I remember.
farmnhunt was quicker on the draw so I will change my guess to pig castator
Last edited by Andrew Eastwood; 03/15/2107:26 PM.
Re: Two hatchets and a what is it?
[Re: k snow]
#7216902 03/15/2108:01 PM03/15/2108:01 PM
I have split a lot of Elk and Moose spines with a western hatchet like the one in your pic. Some came with a sheath that held both the western knife and hatchet in one. I had the matching knife too but they were in separate sheaths.
I have split a lot of Elk and Moose spines with a western hatchet like the one in your pic. Some came with a sheath that held both the western knife and hatchet in one. I had the matching knife too but they were in separate sheaths.
Great find!
This had the matching sheath for the knife. It attached to the hatchet sheath where the green yarn wrap is. Dad and Grandpa used them to split open mule deer pelvises.
Re: Two hatchets and a what is it?
[Re: k snow]
#7217584 03/16/2112:11 PM03/16/2112:11 PM
The steel is less brittle and has more spring to it than a the leaf spring on a vehicle. That my only experience. I used to pull those through the field all the time early spring when weeds were small for my father on the farm LOL.