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on: May 23, 2013, 08:44
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The 2013 Bodgers Ball event held at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire provided a good opportunity for suppliers to display green wood working tools and in particular a display of Gransfors axes caught the attention of Chris of Bog~Art who link posted this snapshot on the Bodger's "Ask n Answer" forum.

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on: May 29, 2014, 16:27
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Axes have a long history of being used with this being one of the earliest tools made and used by man.

The Bayeux tapestry (1080's) shows a number of axes being used to prepare wooden ships for the invasion of England.

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The axes used to make planks for the ships are by no means unrealistic depictions with a similar tee shaped axe being in the West Gate collection of Winchester City Museums. A modern day version of this type of axe can still be purchased from Gransfors.

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with this being just one of the many types of traditional hewing axe made by this Swedish axe maker.

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