14" Boy Scout Axe - Plumb, 1T-BG14

[Dusty0103]

I am trying to determine the age of this Boy Scout hatchet.
It has a Plumb axe head and a 1T-BG-14 Handle with the label "Blue Grass", distributed by Belknap, Inc. Louisville KY
Photos at link
Any help is appreciated
George

https://imgur.com/a/DiFbAO9

 

[Hickory n steel]

This is actually not a boy scout hatchet.

It is a flooring hatchet on a very nice replacement handle intended for a common scout pattern hatchet.

 

[Dusty0103]

Thanks
was going with the information on the handle as a place to start
What makes it a flooring hatchet?
Can it be dated?

 

[rjdankert]

Bob

 

[Hickory n steel]

Thanks
was going with the information on the handle as a place to start
What makes it a flooring hatchet?
Can it be dated?

I do not know exactly how a flooring hatchet is used and the exact reasons behind it's design ( I have some thoughts ), so all I can really say is that being a flooring hatchet is what makes it a flooring hatchet.
Google plumb flooring hatchet and you'll see it, Vaughan made / makes one too.


Heres a Plumb scout hatchet head, not an official BSA logo head but it's the same head.

 

[Dusty0103]

Got it,
will follow up on flooring hatchets
Thanks

 

[eveled]

This was my Dad’s BoyScout plumb hatchet. The head has a BoyScout logo stamped into it. He got it used from his Uncle in the early 50’s.

 

[Hickory n steel]

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This was my Dad’s BoyScout plumb hatchet. The head has a BoyScout logo stamped into it. He got it used from his Uncle in the early 50’s.

The classic plumb national pattern.

 

[KnifeSnob]

I want it how much