Lot 250A: Spiked Tomahawk

Lot 250A: Spiked Tomahawk

Thin profile iron head, older haft decorated with brass tacks, tack in handle end has a tack with remnant of red trade cloth, with wear, haft has crack, top of haft has a new wedge inserted into the spline to secure the head, similar example illustrated in George C. Neumann’s book Swords and Blades of the American Revolution, Harrisburg, PA, 1973, p. 268, 19 1/2″ l. 

$400-600

Description

Thin profile iron head, older haft decorated with brass tacks, tack in handle end has a tack with remnant of red trade cloth, with wear, haft has crack, top of haft has a new wedge inserted into the spline to secure the head, similar example illustrated in George C. Neumann’s book Swords and Blades of the American Revolution, Harrisburg, PA, 1973, p. 268, 19 1/2″ l. 

$400-600