All things Kelly Registered

[Miller '72]

True Temper 1938 catalog

I feel the Registered are the prizes of my collection, and overlooked in the shadow of their flamboyant cousin the Raven

I have a gut feeling (or bias ) the Registered was a more prized axe than the Black Raven. The Raven was not shipped for the end customer in a straw packed wooden crate with a registered number of authenticity and certificate.

I have beautiful Legitimus axes, beautiful connies of many makers however as a specific axe, i have yet to hold its equal. That said not all my axes are hung...so my comparison variety is still limited.

My first registered head was a drawer find in a basement workshop of an estate sale near exactly 2 years ago, for $2.00 and only 12 houses down the road from my own house.
Its been hung on the link handle thinned and shaped.

2nd came a little more expensive, but not by much, and rescued from the crusher.
This is the drift pin hole head now on a vintage Hartwell GEM haft

The third, the 1913...i did pay a little for that rescue, but well worth it and still a value, and saved from the crusher.
The most recent is the 1913 Dayton.
Not marked True Temper
I am still patiently waiting for the right handle to present itself

Thanks and everyone have a great holiday weekend

 

[Yankee Josh]

True Temper 1938 catalog

I feel the Registered are the prizes of my collection, and overlooked in the shadow of their flamboyant cousin the Raven

I have a gut feeling (or bias ) the Registered was a more prized axe than the Black Raven. The Raven was not shipped for the end customer in a straw packed wooden crate with a registered number of authenticity and certificate.

I have beautiful Legitimus axes, beautiful connies of many makers however as a specific axe, i have yet to hold its equal. That said not all my axes are hung...so my comparison variety is still limited.

My first registered head was a drawer find in a basement workshop of an estate sale near exactly 2 years ago, for $2.00 and only 12 houses down the road from my own house.
Its been hung on the link handle thinned and shaped.

2nd came a little more expensive, but not by much, and rescued from the crusher.
This is the drift pin hole head now on a vintage Hartwell GEM haft

The third, the 1913...i did pay a little for that rescue, but well worth it and still a value, and saved from the crusher.
The most recent is the 1913 Dayton.
Not marked True Temper
I am still patiently waiting for the right handle to present itself

Thanks and everyone have a great holiday weekend

Unfortunately, other than saying nice axes Miller '72!, I have nothing to add to this thread yet! I'm on the lookout for sure however.
I would tend to agree with you especially now. From what I've seen there are far more ravens than registered's.
It's a good thread and I look forward to seeing everyone else's registered's!
Someday soon I'll add my own!

 

[Square_peg]

I have a gut feeling (or bias ) the Registered was a more prized axe than the Black Raven.

I wouldn't go anywhere near a Raven right now with all the fakes on the market. And the fakes have gotten better.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

A single offering to this thread.

Often times they do not have the date stamped in the square or half circle on latter ones. This one reads 1911.

Unfortunately the poll was hammered when I got it.

 

[Miller '72]

A single offering to this thread.

Often times they do not have the date stamped in the square or half circle on latter ones. This one reads 1911.

Unfortunately the poll was hammered when I got it.

1911

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing it.
An excellent example and a sharp motivator to find and haft my 1913.

I am all teeth ear to ear when i saw yours to be a 1911!
I love the feeling that not only is yours awesome...it is. I love the feeling of you jabbing me in the gut because mine is only a 1913 lol!! I hope that comes acroas well...becasue i am laughing like we are standing in the garage doing more drinking than axe hanging

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

LoL. I am jealous of those Connies you got though. Cheers!

 

[Operator1975]

We discuss on the Legitimus Podcast how the Registered line is indeed the top line from Kelly.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

 

[Miller '72]

Sweetness all over. Man i am hungry for more connies lol!

 

[Yankee Josh]

Man that's a real beauty! Congrats itvd! A fairly low number too which is awesome. Have you been able to ascertain its age?
I think i recognize it. Was is a fleabay purchase?
A Kelly registered is VERY high on my list. I would bet within a month I've got a connie. At least I hope so!

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

Man that's a real beauty! Congrats itvd! A fairly low number too which is awesome. Have you been able to ascertain its age?
I think i recognize it. Was is a fleabay purchase?
A Kelly registered is VERY high on my list. I would bet within a month I've got a connie. At least I hope so!

Thanks man! I got it from a guy on Instagram who was selling some stuff to make room for a couple (pre&post merger) super minty Black Raven Connies from Operater1975. Trickledown effect kinda. lol
I think they stopped stamping the date on them around 1915, so later than that is all I can guess.

 

[Yankee Josh]

Damn... another reason to join IG... Haha.

 

[Fmont]

Snap, I need to fire it up. Forgot about IG.

 

[Agent_H]

Snap, I need to fire it up. Forgot about IG.

It doesn't take the place of our forums but I suppose it does open other doors.

 

[Miller '72]

More recent Registered candy

 

[Meek1]

More recent Registered candy

You are playing my song brother!

 

[stevewest]

I have one Registered. A Connie. Only reason I got it was because it was pretty well beat up and the Ebay auction didn't go very high. Somebody had tried to sharpen it with a Dremel and it had worm tracks/grind marks all over the head. I cleaned those up along with the mushrooming on the poll. In cleaning up the head, I discovered a crack about 1/2" up from the heel, suspiciously canting up to the edge. I would love to haft it, but am afraid I'll have a hard time not trying it out and will take a chunk out of the blade. The head, with the exception of the crack, turned out pretty well. Still has some of the gold paint - its very faint - around the label. I think it deserves a haft and a spot on the wall above my desk in my office area. Curiously, there is no registration #.

 

[Miller '72]

You are playing my song brother!

I will play it loud and all night!!

I have one Registered. A Connie. Only reason I got it was because it was pretty well beat up and the Ebay auction didn't go very high. Somebody had tried to sharpen it with a Dremel and it had worm tracks/grind marks all over the head. I cleaned those up along with the mushrooming on the poll. In cleaning up the head, I discovered a crack about 1/2" up from the heel, suspiciously canting up to the edge. I would love to haft it, but am afraid I'll have a hard time not trying it out and will take a chunk out of the blade. The head, with the exception of the crack, turned out pretty well. Still has some of the gold paint - its very faint - around the label. I think it deserves a haft and a spot on the wall above my desk in my office area. Curiously, there is no registration #.

Pictures please

Is it marked Kelly Works or just true temper?

 

[stevewest]

I will play it loud and all night!!



Pictures please

Is it marked Kelly Works or just true temper?

Been awhile - I'll poke my head out in the garage and take a look. Pictures.....a child of the 60's with no ability on the computer. I keep saying I'll figure it out and of course, that never happens. I'll give it a shot this weekend.

 

[Miller '72]

Been awhile - I'll poke my head out in the garage and take a look. Pictures.....a child of the 60's with no ability on the computer. I keep saying I'll figure it out and of course, that never happens. I'll give it a shot this weekend.

I am not sure how far you have gone down this rabbit hole before but...
I use this picture hosting website

Postimage

I upload the photos to postimage, make folders, categories for organization, then copy the link and paste that into the forum threads etc...

Sorry if thats all redundant information. I will help if i can...sadly i am not a tech guy