Ax with sledge and detachable cutter

Claim 1

IN AN AX WITH A DETACHABLE EXTENSION TOOL HAVING AN ATTACHING ELEMENT, SAID AX HAVING AN OVAL HOLE IN ITS POLL TO RECEIVE A HANDLE THEREIN AND HAVING A SLEDGE END WHICH IS HEAVIER THAN THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE AX THE IMPROVEMENT OF (A) A LUG INTEGRAL WITH THE TOP OF SAID SLEDGE END AND EXTENDED FROM SAID TOP OPPOSITELY TO THE HANDLE AND IN LINE WITH THE LONGER AXIS OF SAID OVAL HOLE SO AS TO INCREASE THE WEIGHT AND MASS OF SAID SLEDGE, (B) SAID LUG HAVING A SOCKET THEREIN GENERALLY PARALLEL WITH THE TOP OF SAID AX AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF THE AX HANDLE IN SAID OVAL HOLE FOR RECEIVING THE ATTACHING ELEMENT OF SAID TOOL, (C) THE SLEDGE END AND THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE AX TO THE CENTER OF THE HOLE BEING EQUAL TO ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE AX THEREBY TO PROVIDE ADDED MOMENTUM DURING THE SWINGING OF THE AX IN EITHER DIRECTION AND TO SHIELD THE POLL FROM IMPACT ON THE SLEDGE END, (D) THE END SURFACE OF SAID SLEDGE END FORMING A TRANSVERSE CORNER WITH THE TOP OF THE SLEDGE AT SAID LUG ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY A LEDGE ON SAID TOOL.