Ancienne hache de sapeur militaire de combat époque tsariste hache forgée de 1898 hache de combat populaire

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- Factory Bilnes (ЗАВОДЪ БИЛЬНЕСЪ)

- The factory was founded in June 1641. The Swedish mining industrialist Carl Billsten founded a metallurgical plant in the settlement of Pohja. In those years, the territory - the Swedish-Finnish Empire. The Thirty Years War in Europe (1618 - 1648), required a large amount of iron needed for the production of weapons. Iron smelting and processing enterprises began to be built all over Europe. The Swedish-Finnish Empire did not lag behind the whole of Europe. Masters from France and Belgium were brought in to introduce modern technologies for that time into production.

After the annexation of Finland to the Russian Empire (1809-1917), Billnes became a weapons forge for the tsarist army, producing officer daggers, sapper shovels, axes, barbed wire shears, etc.

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- The ax is old, forged. Despite being over 100 years old, it is well preserved, slightly sharpened, there is rust, which does not affect the functional use of the ax at all, but only emphasizes its vintage look. Forged steel, durable and resonant.

The size:

Total height with handle - 20.47 дюйма ( 52 см.)

Ax Width - 6.5 inches (16.5 cm)

Ax blade length - 5.5 inches (14 cm)

Thickness: - 1.7 inches (4.3 cm)

Total weight - 1315 gr.

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