文章基本信息

标题：Letters
作者：Pieroth ; Susan Carter White
期刊名称：The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association
印刷版ISSN：0012-8147
出版年度：2003
卷号：Sep/Oct 2003
出版社：the Early American Industries Association

Letters

Pieroth, Susan Carter White

Pulaski Axe

After I wrote the article about Pulaski Carter, axe and edge tool manufacturer (The Chronicle 56, no. 1, March 2003), I received a couple of e-mails asking if he had designed the Pulaski Axe. The combination of axe and grub hoe, known as the Pulaski, was not designed or sold by Pulaski Carter.

The story I have seen a number of places states that it was invented in the early 1900s by Forest Service Ranger Edward Pulaski of Idaho. The purpose of combining these two common implements was to reduce the number of tools carried into the woods to fight fires.

Today the tool, described as combining an axe with either a mattock or grub hoe, is sold for gardening and clearing nature trails, as well as firefighting. The typical axe, shown in the sketch, has a 36-inch handle. The head weighs from 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 pounds. The axe is about 4 1/2 inches at the blade, and the mattock is 3 to 3 1/4 inches wide.

An interesting story about Edward Pulaski can be found on the Web at . The axe is pictured and described on .

Susan Carter White Pieroth