[BCMA] Help identifying an Artefact

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April 6, 2010

 

Jim:

 

My thought on this tool is that it is a blacksmithing tool rather than
for wood - possibly used for larger pieces. 

 

W. (Bill) G. Quackenbush,

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email:  Bill.Quackenbush at barkerville.ca

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I need help identifying this artefact.  It is made of ferrous metal in 2
parts.  The handle is not that robust and attaches to the head with a
square shape.  The head has very blunt blade (could not be used for
cutting), a shaft where the handle attaches is half square and half
round (so the handle can turn on the blade and act like a ratchet) and
has a peened head that looks like it is designed to be struck with a
hammer.  I've seen two of these so it is not just a one of a kind.  One
was dug up in a back yard in Port Moody and the other is at the Grist
Mill in Keremeos with no donor info.  Any help would be appreciated.

Jim Millar

Port Moody Station Museum

jim.pmmuseum at telus.net



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