I found this old piece of copper yesterday evening way up on the hillside above the creek in a steep, hidden draw. It appears to be a vapor cone from an old still. No axe marks on it, but I'd bet the poor thing witnessed it's worm being chopped into small pieces!Axes were used a right smart around here by G-men during the 1920's-60's to chop copper vats, and tubing into tiny pieces. Sob's!
I found this piece of worm in the creek that comes out of my hollar.
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30 minutes and I was taking my time ,never broke a bead.Is that a flowering crab, pear, plum or a cherry tree? If so don't immediately relegate the useable wood to the firepit or woodpile but search out some straight clear lengths that might lend themselves to making top drawer hammer or hatchet handles. Before they check/crack on their own quarter the rounds to find out and then squirrel the better/nicer pieces away for a rainy day some time in the future.
Holy cow; somebody actually managed to wear out one of these! That or they were chopping up a lot of (tongue-in-cheek) Sand Cherry.
Not necessary. These were a real novelty when they first came out in the 1970s and I guess to this day they still are. Strangely enough my local Home Hardware store continues to carry replacement parts for these but those long-unsold plastic-wrapped items have become more and more dust covered and very soon will be tossed by the 'new generation' store owner that recently 'bought into the franchise'.
speaking of which, the lever axe. i saw a post on one of these a few months ago, i'd heard of them and not a fan.
