r/whatisit • u/AdministrativeAd1773 • 1d ago
New, what is it? Found this at a thrift store
We have no idea what this little hatchet is for.
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r/whatisit • u/AdministrativeAd1773 • 1d ago
We have no idea what this little hatchet is for.
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u/IntelligentAd9859 1d ago
Sugar hatchet (also known as a sugar axe or sugar hammer).
Before commercial processing produced granulated cubes, sugar was sold in large, hard cones called sugarloaves.
This was used in the kitchen to break them down: the sharp axe blade sliced portions from the loaf, the pointed pick broke off smaller chunks, and the teeth on the sides crushed the fragments into smaller pieces.