Pickaxe dimensions

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

The British style has a steel wrap that the pick head sits on. The handles you show would be U.S style.

But the heading tool layout photo shows a plain wooden helve WITHOUT steel reinforcements?

Do you mean to say Canada used the U.S. style and not British?

In a way that would make sense, as the packing list states the material remains with the vehicle when delivered to customer. So the tools were supplied ex-works, and were thus sourced in North America, correct?

Anyway, let's keep digging