This long-bitted, British-type felling axe head was found in the excavation of a house in the fall of 1955 that used to be part of the Fort Crown Point settlement constructed in the 1760s. It has ...

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 ...