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The mail lady brought a fun package today from the bay. This axe is stamped R. King. Apparently a label used by Collins between 1830 and 1925. I don't know the weight as I really need a scale, but it's a very nice size. I'd say 2.5 to 3 lbs.
Taken from Yesteryears Tools (http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears%20Tools/Collins%20Pt.%201.html):
R. KING 1830-1925+-
The name KING appears as axe stampings and on numerous axe labels, usually in conjunction with some other name or word such as Forest, Northern, Ohio and so on suggesting that the axe in question was the best. There was also an axe manufacturer in Maine named John King that included his name on labels but the earliest known manufactured axes bearing the name were marked R. King.
Those markings and labels included the location Canton, Connecticut. It was a brand used initially by Collins & Company of Canton, Connecticut. That company changed names and became The Collins Company of Collinsville, CT.
Collinsville was originally a section of Canton. It is possible that R. King worked for the Collins Company but more probably the name was arbitrary and had a different connotation such as "Our" King. Whatever the case the brand R. KING was used by the Collins Company in the early 1830s and perhaps even earlier. They continued to use the name as a brand on a paper label well into the twentieth century.
PICS!!!!
The poll has seen some hard use. Stamp:
Nice high centerline:
Please sharpen me!!!!!
Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed! What would you call it, a Kentucky pattern???
What do you think? Anyone else have an "R. King" in your arsenal?
Matt
Taken from Yesteryears Tools (http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears%20Tools/Collins%20Pt.%201.html):
R. KING 1830-1925+-
The name KING appears as axe stampings and on numerous axe labels, usually in conjunction with some other name or word such as Forest, Northern, Ohio and so on suggesting that the axe in question was the best. There was also an axe manufacturer in Maine named John King that included his name on labels but the earliest known manufactured axes bearing the name were marked R. King.
Those markings and labels included the location Canton, Connecticut. It was a brand used initially by Collins & Company of Canton, Connecticut. That company changed names and became The Collins Company of Collinsville, CT.
Collinsville was originally a section of Canton. It is possible that R. King worked for the Collins Company but more probably the name was arbitrary and had a different connotation such as "Our" King. Whatever the case the brand R. KING was used by the Collins Company in the early 1830s and perhaps even earlier. They continued to use the name as a brand on a paper label well into the twentieth century.
PICS!!!!
The poll has seen some hard use. Stamp:
Nice high centerline:
Please sharpen me!!!!!
Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed! What would you call it, a Kentucky pattern???
What do you think? Anyone else have an "R. King" in your arsenal?
Matt
