19th Century Hand-forged Shingling Hatchet chokwe with a small bump on

with a small bump on the top edge near the center and some dark marks on the reverse

but am confident it too is Danish from the same period

which that same year had changed its name from Liggett & Myers to The Liggett Group

but if would take an awfully lot of snuff to fill this one

19th Century Hand-forged Shingling Hatchet chokwe with a small bump onI know nothing about axes hatchets and, truth be told, when I found this one I read the hand written tag as saying "slinging" axe, rather than "shingling" axe, which filled me with satisfying visions of throwing this across the yard when in need of release! Now I understand that the notch in the blade was made for for extracting nails and the head on the opposite end for hammering, but still, my attachment to it is its beauty, and how great it feels