I assumed I had a ??# 1945 Army hatchet, 2# Boy Scout hatchet, 3# general/generic "Plumb" and a 4# Victory. Similarly with the Collins axes, 2.5# boys axe and a 4 & 5# Legitimus.
When I put them on an accurate scale (clean axe heads only) They weigh all over the place. None of these are pretty axes either --they have all been used, abused and most of them have been introduced to a bench grinder at some point. What I thought was a Plumb 4# Victory is noticeably smaller than the 5# Legitimus, is VERY well acquainted with the bench grinder but still weighed in at just over 4.3#. Similarly, I own a 5# Legitimus and an unknown 4.6# Legitimus.
The only things that I can confirm about most of these axes are that they are legit/not fakes and that they are all very different vintages. Should I not worry about what they are and just use them? When did a fawn's foot go from a sharp angle to cut off at the tip a little bit?
Besides profile, what are the weight and type differences between a Plumb 1945 Army and a (later, I assume 70's or maybe 80's) Boy Scout? When did Collins start using the rectangle around the logo and ditch the other details in the stamp? What's the difference between two axe heads marked Plumb & Plumb Victory that are stamped almost exactly the same --and a Plumb Boy Scout hatchet logo that looks like the "PLUMB" is in bold, there is a double line in the rectangle around the logo and the word "PLUMB" looks like it has horizontal lines inside the letters?
How do I date these things and know what they are? For the record, nothing is in decent condition. These are all daily use axes, just curious.
Thanks.
When I put them on an accurate scale (clean axe heads only) They weigh all over the place. None of these are pretty axes either --they have all been used, abused and most of them have been introduced to a bench grinder at some point. What I thought was a Plumb 4# Victory is noticeably smaller than the 5# Legitimus, is VERY well acquainted with the bench grinder but still weighed in at just over 4.3#. Similarly, I own a 5# Legitimus and an unknown 4.6# Legitimus.
The only things that I can confirm about most of these axes are that they are legit/not fakes and that they are all very different vintages. Should I not worry about what they are and just use them? When did a fawn's foot go from a sharp angle to cut off at the tip a little bit?
Besides profile, what are the weight and type differences between a Plumb 1945 Army and a (later, I assume 70's or maybe 80's) Boy Scout? When did Collins start using the rectangle around the logo and ditch the other details in the stamp? What's the difference between two axe heads marked Plumb & Plumb Victory that are stamped almost exactly the same --and a Plumb Boy Scout hatchet logo that looks like the "PLUMB" is in bold, there is a double line in the rectangle around the logo and the word "PLUMB" looks like it has horizontal lines inside the letters?
How do I date these things and know what they are? For the record, nothing is in decent condition. These are all daily use axes, just curious.
Thanks.
) The 5# Legitimus I'm comparing all of this to I have uploaded photos of before --it was her grandfather's and he was a tool & die maker so a similar situation, while I can't verify, there is a #5 stamped under the butt of the 5# Legitimus and I salivate every time I go down in her dad's basement and check out her grandfather's tools. 