Hafted Stone Axe with Lashing, Stone Age Replica

A Stone Age axe with a ground stone head set into a straight wooden haft. The haft has a carved wood-grain texture, a cord-wrapped grip and a rounded knob at the butt, and the head is held by tight coils of lashing with a crossed binding at the top. Ground and polished stone axes were essential Neolithic tools. Farmers used them to clear forest for fields and to shape timber for houses and boats, and fine examples were traded over long distances. Hafting methods varied, from lashing with cord o…

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