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Marking adze
identifier
ID 8
morphology
morphology
craft
craft
holotype
MOT V 81.0104 L=35cm WD=21cm WT=850gr. Inscription: M.
holotype
MOT V 2009.0060 L=25cm WD=3cm H=13cm WT=378gr. Inscription: IWT.
alias
marking axe (syn.) (SALAMAN 1976:229; s.v. marking hammer)
description

This marking adze is an axe (1) with hammer - to be distinguished from the marking hammer of a lumberman - bearing the stamp of the owner of the forest or of the timber merchant. The forest ranger in particular uses this hand tool to mark trees (2). On the base or at about 1.20 m, a piece of bark is cut away with the ax and the stamp is struck on the white spot. Felled trees are marked on the cross-section, the ax is then useless. Conversely, sometimes only a strip of bark is cut off and then the stamp is not used; in the latter case, any ax can be used. [MOT]

(1) Marking adze or marking axe. Both names are given synonymously for marking hammer (SALAMAN: 229).

(2) The percussion stamp is rarely used for this (see, however, CHERBLANC who speaks of a broche à timbrer).