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I'd like a shorter handle too.

take a good look at what your working position would be with this in your hands, stooped over too much or on your knees while using such a dirt tool isn't very efficient

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I think grape hoe, grading hoe and grub hoe are basically all the same tool. Maybe they differ in width but the terms seem to be interchangeable.

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IDK hoes down South are different that hoes up North.

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Think now it is maybe a hoe of some kind. Looks worn out similar to this Grub Hoe that's usually found on a 54" American Ash Handle ...
https://www.amazon.com/Seymour...M950J662PRA6B72E9C5D
EDIT: Just learned a grub or grubbing hoe is also called an Azada ... Spanish for hoe. So hey, I was close ... Adze, Azada ... hoe

I think grape hoe, grading hoe and grub hoe are basically all the same tool. Maybe they differ in width but the terms seem to be interchangeable.

Yep. Thanks guys !!! ... I'll head to Lowes to see if they have an eye hole handle.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if you can find a handle that is a close fit then take a piece of broken glass to be used as a scraper to fit handle to the head. The broken glass edge stays sharper for scraping a lot longer than a metal edge might last. Been there and done it and had the t-shirt. .................... drill sgt.

It looks to me to be a "foot axe".
When logs were transfered to the mill by wagon, dudes would ride/stand on top and make a flat side on the logs for milling. The ridges on the back, and the angle that you would hold it make me think this. But am not 100% certain.

I thought adze weren't allowed on this forum.

About that grape hoe-I gotta lotta grapes. Got a phone number?

Keep us in mind once you get it reconditioned. Be nice to see some pictures.

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What you have is an mattock..we used them for diggin trenches for irrigation systems when I was a kid.

The wood adzes I’ve seen would be scooped more....

Thanks !!! ... now just need to find a handle. The head seems a little lightweight for digging irrigation system trenches. Think a 3 pound head on a 36 inch handle would be much better.

Well, I grew up in Tampa...no rocks..sand, sugar sand or regular soil....easy to dig trenches in, but my brothers and I cheered when dad bought a used ditch witch...made my weekends easier.

When we moved to the mountains of NC, the neighbors called your tool a “grub hoe” she used it in the garden and it had a short handle (foot to a foot and a half) she used it while on her knees weeding or diggin up plants...