And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
the great thing about wood handles is that they can easily be remade with simple wood hand tools. i treat (soak) mine with half linseed oil and half turpentine mixed to make them weather proof.
that a "fawn's foot"?
ReplyDeleteYup, and it might be ash - a hewing Axe.
ReplyDeleteLook at that natural double curve in that grain.
ReplyDeleteTrying to read the maker's stamp... I want one.
ReplyDeleteYou know, Vikings and axes...
the great thing about wood handles is that they can easily be remade with simple wood hand tools. i treat (soak) mine with half linseed oil and half turpentine mixed to make them weather proof.
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