I need to know what kind of tool this is for my history class.?

Question

Okay ill explain the best i can:

The tool is like an axe on both ends but one of the sides of the axe is turned up.
I think it might be used for digging through tree roots and stuff. Im not too sure though.
Anyone know what this is or what it does??

Answer 1

I've come up with 2 possibilities:

Carving Adze -- Large Double Blade Curved Adze (photo & link below) or Coopers Adze (can't get link, it's been removed, but if you google image on double adze, it will show up in a small size.

Hope this gives you enough information to find more for yourself!! Good luck!

Big_mustache could be right, too, but it seems to be spelled pulaski. See 3rd link below for photo.

Answer 2

Pick Axe. Both blades are sharpened.
It can be used as you stated.
As an ax in cutting a tree.
As a pick to dig.
As a tool to "Hoe".

(There is a tool, with both flat ends "turned up", often referred to as a "maddox", used to turn earth for planting)
This is "unlike" a pick, with two pointed ends, which can be used for breaking rocks or concrete.

All these were used in mining, by hand.

Answer 3

This sounds like a Polaski. Used to dig narrow trenches with one side and through tree roots with the other.