At 05:54 PM 10/20/2014, Bob Miller wrote:
>A firefighting friend suggests that it may still be a fireman's axe.  He
>indicated that there are small versions of many tools.  A quick google
>search finds 1.5# pick head axes with 14" handles are still made.  Thats
>the best guess i can supply.

Sigh....I guess I don't know anything but...

I can't find a picture of the last one that I had BUT...that head is 
no more than 3 1/2" long, maybe 4".  Weight is about 6 oz.

I'm sure they were made for some purpose but for firefighting, it was 
not.  It might be a small ice axe, but we are talking cubes, not blocks.

Tony (................................................)



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