A tool used for chopping and splitting wood. Also used for cleaning land of under brush. The head of a single-bit ax shall have a cutting bit or blade on one end and a flat or slightly conveyed rectangular surface defined as the "top face" on the opposite end. All single-bit axes shall be furnished with curved or straight wooden or fiberglass handles. For items with one blade and another working end such as a hammer, see hatchet, as modified.
Classification: Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools and parts thereof, of base metal
NSN 5950-01-542-3271
NSN 6110-01-020-8153
NSN 5910-01-025-5105
NSN 5910-01-646-8050
NSN 5996-01-090-8429
NSN 5999-00-057-9044
NSN 5925-01-392-0881
NSN 5975-01-381-1086
NSN 5925-00-884-4806
NSN 5935-01-302-5917
NSN 6240-01-081-1368
NSN 5945-00-972-9236