Contributed by Davistown Museum
Description
A gift to the Davistown Museum from Rick Floyd of Newport, ME. Information on Whorff in the Registry of Maine Toolmakers on our website.
Size: 10 3/4" long, 7 5/8" blade, 3" poll.
Signed: "WHORFF MADISON".
A hewing axe (occasionally called a felling axe) refers to an axe that is beveled only on side. Hewing a timber normally means to flatten the side or make the timber thinner.
About This Item
- Title: Hewing axe, ca. 1820
- Creator: John Whorff
- Creation Date: circa 1820
- Subject Date: circa 1820
- Location: Madison, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Forged steel
- Local Code: 21201T2
- Collection: Maine Made Tool Table-Maritime III
- Object Type: Physical Object
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