Axe, marking
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE BIT/CANADIAN WEDGE
- DATE
- 1912–1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0798.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Walters Axe Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- FORESTRY SERVICE
- LOCATION
- Hull, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN HANDLE/ IRON HEAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 84.0 cm
- Width
- 17.5 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Walters
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Hull
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- AFTER 1930
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF MARKING AXE USED IN EASTERN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO TRIM LOGS, ESTIMATE HEIGHT, & IMPRINT TIMBER MARK ON END OF LOGS OR TIMBER - Technical
-
TOOL COMBINING FUNCTION OF TRIMMING, MEASURING & MARKING IN FORESTRY INDUSTRY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON AXE HEAD: `2' `F.S.' `2 2 11' `WASTER/ HULL' `FS'/ STAMPED ON HANDLE: `6 REACH' `0 0 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25'/ CAST IN BUTT END: `FS' IN MIRROR IMAGE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PRINTING ON HANDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Walters Axe Co. Ltd., Axe, marking, circa 1912–1936, Artifact no. 1988.0798, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0798.001/
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