I was taught that was a carpenter’s hatchet. I have a newer version and it’s great for camping. You can split firewood and pound in tent stakes with it. They’re just very handy to have around. There is also a shingle/roofing hatchet but the normally have a much smaller cutting edge.
I have one I use for splitting kindling. Head is useful for hitting it with a hammer if it is a larger piece I want to split. I have just split about a cord of cedar kindling all staked for drying. The cutting edge on yours use to be straight. It is very sharp and holds an edge for a long time.
There is and was lots of companies that made/make those carpenter's hatchets, Plumb, Collins, Kelley is just a few old companies it could be but there's a lot more and sometimes the same company made them under different names.
It's a roofing/siding hammer for use with cedar shakes, the groove in the blade is for pulling nails.
That makes sense! Thanks for the info.
Yes indeed!
Yup. It's an old roofing hammer.
I was taught that was a carpenter’s hatchet. I have a newer version and it’s great for camping. You can split firewood and pound in tent stakes with it. They’re just very handy to have around. There is also a shingle/roofing hatchet but the normally have a much smaller cutting edge.
I have one I use for splitting kindling. Head is useful for hitting it with a hammer if it is a larger piece I want to split. I have just split about a cord of cedar kindling all staked for drying. The cutting edge on yours use to be straight. It is very sharp and holds an edge for a long time.
There is and was lots of companies that made/make those carpenter's hatchets, Plumb, Collins, Kelley is just a few old companies it could be but there's a lot more and sometimes the same company made them under different names.
Carpenter's axe the pole is flush with the top of the blade to nail close to walls.
I got one just like it except it has a rectangular hammer face