helve

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Through centuries of trial & error many of man's simplest tools ?the ax helve, the plowshare, the ox yoke ?had achieved a utilitarian perfection of design.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Can a man not come back for an axe helve without finding his house a shambles?”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

The axe that flies from the helve at the first stroke, may be sharp as a grindstone can make it, but it will never cut a tree down for all that.”

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George

The hammer lever or helve is adjustable for height by means of the screw g and hand-wheel h, which raise or lower the bearings in which the helve journals are carried.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

He set his dinner pail down beside him, and his hand moved a few inches along the helve of his axe.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice