A chrome plated 106 Hunter's Axe, not stainless steel.

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I seem to remember that many hand axes were chromed back in the 50's and 60's. I had one, though I do not remember the brand, but it looked similar to that. The Chrome will chip off if used heavily. But, it was still functional, nevertheless.
 
Does anyone know if the up side down 2 line was at the beginning or end of the 2 line stamp?
I'm guessing it would be the beginning.
 
Wow, I remember this thread and having long conversations about this subject. It's great seeing the info come up and be useful after all this time. It makes all the arguements worth it...
It seems as though Buck wasn't the only company that Chromed their Hatchets. I found another company that produced knives and hunting axes/Hatchets during the same time frame, and they Chromed their axes as well. I found this "other brand" axe and thought I'd put an edge on it, and after a few minutes it began to flake off and the under metal was Brass.
Just food for thought. I'm still curious what the idea was back then, when Buck made this axe...just for show or was it made to use???
The many questions of Buck Knives
 
I wonder why they would chrome plate them instead of just using a chrome vanadium carbon steel like western used ?
I don't know if it was used on everything, but they definitely used a chrome vanadium carbon steel in their black beauty line of knives and hatchets.
 
Back in the 1970s Gerber used chrome plating on some of their fixed blade knives, especially the A Series and the C Series. It was described as industrial chrome plating on the high speed tool steel blade.

Bert
 
DocT said:
I'll bet if we ask over in the axe sub-forum we will get a good answer.
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The expertise there is mostly on " real axes " that use the traditional construction of a carbon steel head hung on a wood handle and not things like the buck which I call a " hatchet shaped knife ".
There's a reason why these were mostly only made by companies who produced pocket knives and hunting knives, and I think it's because these are mostly meant for for use like a cleaver and are for game processing rather than wood processing.
Sorry to get a bit off track, but my point is that these really fit best in the knife category and won't be paid much attention to by axe people.
 
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