Hello Folks
First post, popped in and out for referencing in the past.
I grabbed a thrift store find today, a single bit 3 1/2 lbs axe.
It had a fair amount of rust crust on it, but looks to be never abused, no mushrooming still relatively sharp and looks to have be used infrequently.
It had an old movers tag (moving company) on the handle and weight was stamped so I grabbed it.
I used some 220 and WD40 to try and clean it up a little first to see if I could make out a mark with limited success.
I found stamped on the left side of the cheek the weight, right underneath it a W in a circle (Not an M unless the guy stamping was hungover and put it upside down) and what I could only make out to be a word underneath with ending with ED.
It looks like it might be GED as part of a longer word...Forged possibly?
The only stamp that may be a match that I found was "Welland Forge Limited" in some older literature. There is a Welland Forge in Welland, Ontario...however I see nothing of them making Axes.
It is soaking in vinegar currently, curious to see how it cleans up.
*Edit* Got a pic up, should have taken one of the whole head.
Tomorrow a better picture(s).
Thanks in advance for any info.
Marc
First post, popped in and out for referencing in the past.
I grabbed a thrift store find today, a single bit 3 1/2 lbs axe.
It had a fair amount of rust crust on it, but looks to be never abused, no mushrooming still relatively sharp and looks to have be used infrequently.
It had an old movers tag (moving company) on the handle and weight was stamped so I grabbed it.
I used some 220 and WD40 to try and clean it up a little first to see if I could make out a mark with limited success.
I found stamped on the left side of the cheek the weight, right underneath it a W in a circle (Not an M unless the guy stamping was hungover and put it upside down) and what I could only make out to be a word underneath with ending with ED.
It looks like it might be GED as part of a longer word...Forged possibly?
The only stamp that may be a match that I found was "Welland Forge Limited" in some older literature. There is a Welland Forge in Welland, Ontario...however I see nothing of them making Axes.
It is soaking in vinegar currently, curious to see how it cleans up.
*Edit* Got a pic up, should have taken one of the whole head.

Tomorrow a better picture(s).
Thanks in advance for any info.
Marc

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