Felling Axe
notes: label: Description
content: This felling axe is 6 ½” from bit to poll, 5” wide at the cutting edge, and 3 5/8” at its poll. Felling axes are specialized tools used for cutting down trees, splitting wood, and limbing trees. They typically have a thin blade with a flared shape. This felling axe was displayed at the bicentennial exhibition, “A Nation of Nations,” until 1991.
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Howard C. Frey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.232223.20
label: accession number
content: 232223
label: catalog number
content: 232223.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 5/8 in; 70.1675 cm
label: Measurements
content: bit to poll: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: cutting edge: 5 in; 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: poll: 3 5/8 in; 9.2075 cm