A new sxe iB being made in the States, w^ich onmbinee the advantages i of th« old' English thin-bladed hatchet and, the ; thick- bladed Amencan axe ; or should we 'say it avoids the most obvious trouble m each oi them. The -hatchet is a good cut ter, but a poor splitter, and the latter reduces its cutting powers, as it does not force qff chips. The American axe. has replaced the English because it does force off chips, leaving a face free for, the next butting blow. JBuit it is a ''sticker;" everyone knowg how firm a grip soft wood can take on its wedge- like blade. The new axe ha» a thin cutting blade, with a narr/iw wedge up the middle of each side, t'i burst off the chips. The maker* say practical lumbermen are going in for it as a freer and ««»ior tool than the old one. It .cuts as weli, and does not stick, - :
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 137, 13 May 1890, Page 2
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