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    Posted 2 years ago

    SellnBuyU
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    I'm hoping someone can tell me the name or purpose of this tool. I believe its some type of ice climbing tool but not certain.

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    1. TallCakes TallCakes, 2 years ago
      maybe duckbill ice harvesting hatchet... online article with ad showing similar as milkman's hatchet:
      https://tatcalite.tripod.com/id19.htm
    2. jimjr, 2 years ago
      That looks like it may be an adze, a woodworking tool used to shape wooden planks. I've only seen the ones with a flat, sharp edge, but the curved end may have been used as a gouge to burrow out a U-shaped groove in a piece of wood planking. A ship-building tool, perhaps???

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