Delaronde forge bag axe

[Joe Yanta]

I got this off of ebay last week. Its from Delaronde forge I think in Mancos Colorado. What a nice little axe. It measures 5"x 2 1/8" x 5/8" the slab handle haft is 5/16" in thick 1 3/4" and 14" long.

The question I have... I have seen some articles saying this is a Ft. Meigs axe and other saying it is a Kentucky patern bag axe. So what is it?


What ever it is called, it is a neat little tool. Small enough to carry but big enough to do some work.

 

[Swampman]

Could you post a picture with a ruler in it so we can see the size?

 

[Bountyhunter]

That axe is made by Joe Delaronde who lives at Glorieta, NM. He has a phone there, and is a very personable fellow.

Joe is also very active in living history and helps with the Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous.



Joe DeLaRonde
P. O. Box 84
Glorieta, NM 87535
(505) 757-6725
[email protected]

[url] http://www.rockymntnatlrendz.com/rendezvous2004.html[/url]

I have used Joes Hawks for 20 years. I have won a lot of contests with them. Joe is an expert blacksmith, and his quality and prices are high.

B

 

[Joe Yanta]

Here you go Swampman.

The more and more I handle this little axe the more I like it. I like things with character. The little axe is all forged and forged welded. I dont know what the handle is made from but it is rough sawn and hand hewed.

I think I will make a pouch for it like General Samuel Hopkins's tomahawk and shown on the cover of Carl Russell's "Firearms, Traps, & Tools of the Mountain Man".

But is it a Ft. Meigs, Kentucky bag or tomahawk?

Joe

 

[fatboy]

Joe I think you would call that a Kentucky bag axe .The Ft Meigs is a bit smaller ,I have one of Joe's spike tomahawk's its real nice, my handle is hickory!

 

[Stophel]

There are people who will actually fight about the term "Ft. Meigs axe"...They will INSIST it be called a "Kentucky pattern axe"....

I don't know how it got the moniker of "Ft. Meigs axe" as the one example was not found at Ft. Meigs. The axe head itself is variously dated, but probably is post 1800.

Neither, I think, should it be called a "Kentucky pattern" axe. There is no such "pattern". It's just a small hunting axe. There are other designs that don't have a name, why must this one?

I carry the ordinary cast variety of this axe and like it very much.

 

[sequoia]

Nice axe. How much did you pay for it?

 

[redriverclerk]

I've had Joe hawks since I was 8 or 9, over 20 years now. His are the best. I've won a few contests and many handles games with them over the years. Joe is VERY supportive of many rendezvous' also.

 

[Joe Yanta]

Its been about a week or so since I've had this little axe in my hand. I really like it. The more I handle it, the better it feels. I would like to maybe use it one day but I have a bunch of modern axes I could use for normal chores. I think this one would make a fine big game dressing axe.

If anyone has any pictures of other stuff Joe has made I wouldn't mind seeing them if you could post them

Post Rider I dont know if it is permissible to post how much you paid for stuff. I paid about what it cost me and my wife to dinner at the Blackeyed Pea restaurant. :winking:

Joe