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

Hi Stuart,

These axes are French for sure but I'm guessing that they learned the form from the vikings who used to swoop down on the Bretons to steel their fish. You might have better luck searching for the hewing axe you want by looking in Sweden, Finland and Denmark though Denmark seems oddly difficult for some reason and the Finnish language is pretty indecipherable. Some helpful terms to look under might be, piilukirveet, sparrbila, kirvies...

Greetings,

Don Wagstaff