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    Found hewing axe

    Not sure where to put this--the other day I was out in my pumpkin patch and saw a piece of rusty metal and dug it up (there is a lot of that on our property) and found a 12 inch Isaiah Blood hewing axe head.

    Only figured out that much from looking at the thing with magnifying glass and finding Blood and N, NY, which were the letters I could read, then putting it together like a Wheel of Fortune puzzle.

    Is there a market for this sort of thing? Would this be an appropriate donation to our Historical Society? Anyone know anything about old tools and what to do with them?

    It is huge.

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    Bae.

    sell it to bae. He will like it.

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    I've been reading about Isaiah Blood axes and the factory in Ballston and how during the Civil War he got the broad axe commission and became Col. Blood. Here's an article about the axe I found, which they are calling a hewing broad axe. My husband called it a hewing axe so I went with that.

    https://www.makeasceneak.com/midapri...ewing-broadaxe

    It's so cool--supposedly the house was built in around 1840-1860, so it might have been used to construct the house or barn.

    It's so weird--stuff just keeps coming up out of the earth. My husband dug a posthole for a fence and found two old marbles, down about 3 feet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tybee View Post
    I've been reading about Isaiah Blood axes and the factory in Ballston and how during the Civil War he got the broad axe commission and became Col. Blood. Here's an article about the axe I found, which they are calling a hewing broad axe. My husband called it a hewing axe so I went with that.

    https://www.makeasceneak.com/midapri...ewing-broadaxe

    It's so cool--supposedly the house was built in around 1840-1860, so it might have been used to construct the house or barn.

    It's so weird--stuff just keeps coming up out of the earth. My husband dug a posthole for a fence and found two old marbles, down about 3 feet.
    My grandmother's maiden name is Blood, and the Bloods in my family go way, way back--mostly having settled in Groton, MA in the 17th century... Interesting bit of history you've uncovered!
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    Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
    My grandmother's maiden name is Blood, and the Bloods in my family go way, way back--mostly having settled in Groton, MA in the 17th century... Interesting bit of history you've uncovered!
    Wow--his father, Sylvester, who taught him the trade, had relocated to New York State from Worcester, Massachusetts. That is 41 minutes away--that might well be your family!

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    That's a great find!

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    There is a show on the DIY Network, Barnwood Builders, where they bring down old log barns and buildings (many from the early 1800s) which would just fall apart and decay, but they save the logs and repurpose them. They talk a lot about how the logs were hewn, how the barns were built, feature old tools frequently. Have learned a lot on that program. They're based out of West Virginia, but have worked barns all up and down the Appalachians and Catskills.
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    Kay, I will definitely look for that!

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    What a cool find, Tybee!

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    Wow, congrats! Nice find!
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