Broad axe
Artist/Maker Horton & Arnold
Place MadeUnited States
Title

Broad axe

Mediumsteel, wood, iron
Dimensions30 in. (76.2 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3085
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA broad axe used for hewing timbers made in a modified Kent pattern. The double beveled blade is wrought iron with a laid-on steel edge approximately 3/4" deep. The white oak handle is original. There is some chipping of the poll face.
On View
Not on view
Broad ax or broad axe
Broad ax or broad axe
Hathaway, Braddock D.
Circa 1854
2001.100.3082
Broad ax or broadaxe
Circa 1870
2001.100.3083
Broad ax or broad axe
Dean, Henry N.
2001.100.10417
hewing hatchet
Circa 1890
Resolute Desk
Resolute Desk
William Evenden
1880
2001.100.3086
Lipped shipbuilder's adz
Underhill (Boston)
00.186.67
Hewing Axe
Hathaway, Braddock D.
2001.100.10083
Untitled
Circa 1890
2001.100.3088
Gutter (Carpenter's) adz
Hathaway, Braddock D.
Date Unknown
Carpenter's Slick
Carpenter's Slick
Hathaway, Braddock D.
Circa 1857
Cooper's hewing axe
Cooper's hewing axe
Hathaway, Braddock D.
2001.100.3087
Dubbing adze
Hathaway, Braddock D.
Circa 1854

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