Above photo illustrates both obverse and reverse sides of a British Royal Navy Boarding Ax Found in the United States by The Pirate's Lair and is now in our private collection. This model of Boarding Ax is well documented in all research studies and guides, particularly in "Boarders Away".

This particular Americal Colonial-made British Royal Navy boarding ax has the name "A LEWIS" in early 19th century font and type is stamped onto the wooden handle up near the langets. This is the second boarding ax with the exact same incised stamp or punch into the wood near the langets, the other appears to be of French construction. Perhaps "A. Lewis" was an early collector of Boarding Axes and this was a way of marking his pieces for ownership.

Note the well defined ball butt found on most boarding axes.

This is the classic "tomahawk" style of ax head used by the British Navy. This particular style with the distinct downturned blade was used predominantly in the mid to late 1700s and may even have been of colonial American manufacture.

Note the name "A LEWIS" stamped into the wood.

Comparison of the US and Australian found Boarding Axes.

Colonial-made British 18th Century Naval Boarding 1750s-1780s - Ax #10 Classic 18th Century British Navy "Tomahawk" Style Naval Boarding Ax in Museum Quality Condition. Very crudely made which indicates "American Colonial" construction. The original turned handle has two sanded areas for a greater grip and with straight sided riveted langets in the mid-late 18th century style. Slightly curved blade with curved non-beveled spike. Marked with the name "A. LEWIS" on the wooden handle just below one of the langets. No other markings

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Total Length: 28" long Head: 9" long Blade: 3.5" Spike: 4.5"

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