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

Thady Shea reëntered the store, in blissful ignorance that he was done for, and demanded his axe helve.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

What are known as power hammers are those driven by belt and pulley; while those known as trip hammers have their helve lifted through the medium of revolving lugs or cams.

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

Fire wood was scattered about; here was an axe with a broken helve, there a rust-eaten shovel, and the whole place spoke of poverty.

From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold