helve

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

It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade.

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.

Just like an axehead on its helve Old Bennett sat and watched the gathering.

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.