Broadaxe
Nom de l'objet : | Broadaxe |
Artiste ou artisan : | Eaton, Benjamin |
Catégorie de l'objet : | Woodworking T&E |
Matériaux : | Metal |
Numéro d'accession : | 75.H.24 |
Autres données géographiques : | [45.150998,-64.476339] |
Date de début de production : | 1822-01-01 |
Date de fin de production : | 1884-12-31 |
Description : | This broadaxe is a Kent style axe. The head has a much expanded blade, a poll and an oval eye. It is flat on one side with a slope and a bulge for the eye on the other. It has ears above and below the handle hole. The handle is oval in section and curved away from the flat side of the head. Maker's name is stamped into metal on poll. |
Commentaires : | The maker of this axe was Benjamin Eaton (1822-1906) of Sheffield Mills, Kings County, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Enoch Eaton and Hannah Rockwell Eaton. He married Sophia Ells in 1847 and had six children. He died in Cornwallis, Kings County and is buried in the Upper Canning cemetery. He had a small axe factory in Sheffield Mills, which was later purchased by Blenkhorn and moved to Canning (Ed Coleman, Advertiser March 6 1998). The Eaton genealogy website (nseaton.org) says that he was a "blacksmith and well-know manufacturer of axes at Sheffield's Mills". Kent-style axes are symmetrical in shape with "ears" above and below the handle hole. A symmetrical Kent-style axe can be switched from one side to the other by placing the handle in from the other end of the eyehole. This cannot be done with an asymmetrical axe such as the goosewing. The Kent-style broadaxe is more common than the goosewing. Broadaxes are used mainly for squaring timber. |
Longueur : | 67 cm |
Largeur : | 24 cm |
Établissement : | Randall House Museum Facebook-Randall House Museum Twitter-Randall House Museum YouTube-Randall House Museum |
Ville de l'établissement : | Wolfville |
Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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