Axe head I.D please.

I'mSoSharp

I'mSoSharp

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A European head that doesn't have a clear stamp, anyone any info?

2000 for 2KG, 4lb ish.

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Thanks :)
 
There can't be very many letters missing to preface the ..REFF or the 2000 (gram) marking would be off center. Keep looking and also hope that stamp sleuth Steve Tall takes a shine to this inquiry.
 
i'm surprised there is no din reference on it (german like that!) and also a rda or rfa stamp
 
Thank you all who have taken time to try & solve this. :thumbup:


flexo said:
i'm surprised there is no din reference on it (german like that!) and also a rda or rfa stamp
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Maybe a German style but no evidence it was made in Germany.


I've cleaned it a little more & definitely no more markings, what is there I would agree looks like TREFF, but the T is debatable (there is only really T,F & E that has the correct shape).
Also as pointed out adding another letter in front of T requires another letter after the final F to keep 2000 central..............

:rolleyes:
 
"DIN" identifier on German tools has not been around forever, That axe looks fairly old afterall.
 
Lieblad said:
"DIN" identifier on German tools has not been around forever, That axe looks fairly old afterall.
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Deutsches Institut fur Normung was created in 1936. I'm guessing that 'wear safety googles'-stamped stuff is about to become a defining line between what's considered to be old or new.
 
I've looked at all the German language resources I'm familiar with and can't find anything different from what's already mentioned.

Looks like it will make a good axe :)
 
Agent_H said:
I've looked at all the German language resources I'm familiar with and can't find anything different from what's already mentioned.

Looks like it will make a good axe :)
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Thank s for the effort.

I've found a German plastics manufacturer that previously made engineering tools that was called "Treff" before it merged to become "Norlato Treff" but no evidence of axe manufacture.

Out of curiousity who else found out that Treff 2000 is a restaurant in Austria? :)

As I posted above, there is no evidence that it's German made other than the style.
 
300Six said:
Deutsches Institut fur Normung was created in 1936. I'm guessing that 'wear safety googles'-stamped stuff is about to become a defining line between what's considered to be old or new.
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Hmm. I thought was about 1915...
Anyway, despite it being a valuable marketing identifier, I dont think "DIN" marking is required & it only seems to appear on goods of the past 50 years or so.

As if the world gives a crap.
Appears we cant distinctly know that axe is German made but it bears a great many clues of evidence.
 
It looks like the company "Treff" was Swiss (before merging to become Nolato Treff).

No evidence that they made axes though..................
 
On a side not, that little 3-mushroom symbol in the upper left of the advertisement isn't exclusive to that brand. I have to find the page again but it seems to be a mark applied to the highest quality lines from German makers of the time.

I'd seen it several times and thought it was a brand unto itself.
 
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