The Cornhill Magazine 1879

The Cornhill Magazine By George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Published by Smith, Elder and company., 1879 At one place we had to cross the river, and found the wooden bridge gone. The guides seized their axes—in this country every one carries an axe—and hewed down two trees long enough to span the stream, which they [...]

Manual of Forestry By William Schlich, W. R. Fisher 1908

“The Carpathian axe (Fig. 69) is broader than those already described and is used also for splitting wood.”