Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions Are old broad axes worth buying or not?

I didn't see your last post Don. Yes it would apart it is a coopers axe.

I'd love some axes like in those sketches. In particular the t axes. When it comes to hewing I have two main interests viking/saxon period and the late medieval period. Even if I could find a useable axe from the viking period it would be too precious to use. The only substitutes that I know of are dime of the japanese axes and the gransfors bruks replicas. I know that their are other smiths around who make replicas but I havn't found their sites.

For viking stuff check out this:

http://greenwood-carving.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/building-worlds-most-iconic-viking-ship.html?m=1