Axe & Hammer - Manufacturer IDs?

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Garage sale season is once again here, and with it random axe and tool acquisitions. I've become pickier, but so far I've come up with two things:

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I believe this is a cross peen hammer?

The mark on top there is the only one and it appears to be a P above an S in a little shield. Any idea who that is? Seems fairly distinctive. Whoever made it's a rather nice little hammer, I will have to rehang it correctly at some point here.

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This axe has only one marking that I can find, the P you see in that second picture.
 
Does the Michigan pattern have eye ridges ?
I'm thinking it could be a TT woodslasher.


I recognize the hammer marking with the PS inside a keystone
 
No eye ridges, smooth inside. I haven't finished getting rid of all the rust yet, but I took off most of it, naval jellied the inside, BLO'd the handle, and rehung it.

Keystone! Thank you, that's it I think. Pennsylvania System! Looks like it was for the railroad? Here's a lantern with the Logo on it

 
I think I recall Plumb using a P and other marks (a crescent, star, etc) on some of their axes, but don't quote me on that.
 
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