Bidspirit auction | Belknap Blue Grass Carpenter Half

Belknap Blue Grass Carpenter Half Hatchet - A mid-twentieth-century American carpenter's half hatchet, also known as a lathing hatchet, featuring a forged steel head and a wooden handle. The tool is designed for dual-purpose woodworking, incorporating a sharpened cutting edge with a nail-pulling notch on the underside and a flat hammer poll for driving fasteners. The steel head is struck with an impressed mark within a four-lobed clover-like cartouche reading TRADE Belknap MARK, BLUE GRASS, LOUISVILLE, U.S.A. The wooden handle, composed of light-colored grain, bears a white rectangular adhesive warning label with red and black text starting with WARNING Any striking tool may and ending with PROTECT YOUR EYES. Additionally, the handle is marked with the handwritten figures 11.95 in black ink near the head and has a faint purple mark near the base.Overall length: 13 1/4 inchesHead length: 5 5/8 inchesCutting edge width: 3 1/2 inches.