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Could that be an 'Ox head' depicted in the stamp? Whatever is cooking that head is very crudely made and as far as I'd go with it is to relegate it to paperweight or wall decor.Sorry, Pindvin, I can't help you with your ID issues but I've got one of my own. A friend of mine collects old axe heads simply because they're "rustic." He's given me several to clean up since they appear to have been left lying in the worst of conditions for years. They are extremely pitted and mangled. I soaked them in vinegar to loosen much of the rust and crud and then took the wire wheel to them. Two of them cleaned up quite nicely and took a very good edge. The third one is a hewing axe that appears to have been hand forged and a rough job at that. It does have a maker's mark on it and I need some help in identifying it. It appears to be a heart with a letter of some kind in the centre. This axe head will be left in this state since I don't think that it could handle normal use after deteriorating so much.
No stamps, specific taper or anything else unique to ID this head suggests 'generic' to me. But 50 years ago that might have been USA, German or Swedish. "Laminated", as is samurai sword, not a chance. Good axes (and your's probably qualifies) will have a blade of hard steel sandwiched between the soft steel body. Standard practice for making decent heads for 2 centuries, at least. Laminating is wonderful for strength and flexibility but of no benefit to a piece that is supposed to be rigid while in use.Does this axe have a laminated cutting edge?
Appears to have had a chip repaired.