Cutlery – Cutting tools – Hatchet – ax – or adze
Patent
1988-07-22
1990-06-12
Schmidt, Frederick R.
Cutlery
Cutting tools
Hatchet, ax, or adze
303082, 303083, 144193D, B26B 300
Patent
active
049321277
ABSTRACT:
A hand tool convertible for chopping and splitting comprises a head including a blade end with a cutting edge, an eye hole extending in an axial direction through the head for receiving a handle, a pair of opposing major side faces extending from the cutting edge around and past the eye hole, and a recess extending into at least one of the pair of side faces, and a wedge element removably received in the recess. In the preferred embodiments the wedge element is asymmetrically positioned with respect to any other wedge elements that may be attached to the head and is generally non-movably mounted to the head by a stud portion received in a recess in the head.
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Rachoba M.
Schmidt Frederick R.
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