Brush Cutter Axe, Circa 1930

Description
Media Type
Object
Description
This is a brush cutter axe with a wooden handle that looks much like a regular axe handle, the head however is held on with iron straps that are riveted onto the axe head which attached parallel to the axe handle. Also called a bush hook, ditch blade, ditch bank blade, or ditch blade axe)sometimes used for gardening or by surveyors for clearing out underbrush.
Notes
These type of axes were used to clear undergrowth and light brush much like a machete would be used.
Date of Original
Circa 1930
Subject(s)
Axes
Clearing of land
Equipment & supplies
Local identifier
Artifact Collection
Collection
Local History
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Iron Bridge
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 46.28336 Longitude: -83.23318
Contact
Huron Shores Museum
Email:thessalonlib@hotmail.com
Agency street/mail address:

1 James St. P.O. Box 460

Iron Bridge, ON P0R 1H0

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