36" Fawns foot axe handle supplier.

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Re: 36" Fawns foot axe handle supplier.

Post by lt.luke » Tue May 02, 2017 1:38 pm

Ben Dover wrote:Here's the subject GI BARCO AXE HANDLE for the 4# Axe.
is BARCO any relation to Barcalo-Buffalo?


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Re: 36" Fawns foot axe handle supplier.

Post by Joe Gopan » Tue May 02, 2017 1:50 pm

NO.
BARCO has manufactured the 4# Axes for the Army over recent years.
Believe they are traceable to "Kelly Works".
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Re: 36" Fawns foot axe handle supplier.

Post by Joe Gopan » Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:43 pm

BARCO still makes the best Axe Handle.
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