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Nice Find

Discussion in 'Axes, Mauls, and Hand Saws' started by JDU, Dec 24, 2024 at 2:53 PM.

  1. JDU

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    While on a camping trip in northern Minnesota this fall, I found this axe at an abandon campsite on National Forest Land. Head is a Norlund which were made in Lewistown PA, not far from where I live. Someone obviously spent a lot of time making the handle, pretty, but not very practical. I have it displayed on my living room wall.
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    Very cool find! I'm not very far from Lewistown myself (just north of Altoona).
     
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    I'm south of Lewistown near Newport.
     
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    I’m an hour and a half south of Lewistown.

    I’ll bet that guy wonders where in the world he lost it.
     
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    There was also one of those frame splitter/kindling things there, but in bad shape. The campsite wasn't trashed or anything, just those 2 items laying there.
    It was pretty strange actually.