Axe ID/ Laminated?

[survivor45]

Looking for a little info.
I think this is a Warren head.
I can faintly see ...REN... But not good enough to get a photo.
It's also stamped 4 3/4. And appears to have an "H" stamp also. I can't find any info on laminate axe heads. When did they stop doing that process and did Warren use it on some of their heads. This first photo shows the steel after a two day vinegar bath.
Here you can see the two different metals.
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photo storage
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Putting a little shine on it.
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My first post. Thanks All !

 

[survivor45]

Looking for a little info.
I think this is a Warren head.
I can faintly see ...REN... But not good enough to get a photo.
It's also stamped 4 3/4. And appears to have an "H" stamp also. I can't find any info on laminate axe heads. When did they stop doing that process and did Warren use it on some of their heads. This first photo shows the steel after a two day vinegar bath.
Here you can see the two different metals.
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photo storage
%5Burl=https://postimg.cc/image/ytvwnwq3v/][/URL]
Putting a little shine on it.
%5Burl=https://postimages.org/][/URL]
My first post. Thanks All !

Well that's not nice ... the one photo that makes me think the axe head is laminate. The system won't let me share the photo.
It thinks it's "inappropriate or spam like "
I'll try one more time.
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[Agent_H]

Well that's not nice ... the one photo that makes me think the axe head is laminate. The system won't let me share the photo.
It thinks it's "inappropriate or spam like "
I'll try one more time.
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[survivor45]

Thank you Agent_H.

 

[Steve Tall]

That looks like the "overcoat" method, which Warren used, as described in this earlier post (with link to a good article):

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Another company using the overcoat method was Warren Axe & Tool (from 1921 article).

a: stock for the axe head
b,c: after punching for the eye, single and double bit
d: bar stock for the overcoat bit
e: overcoat after shaping
f,g: axe heads after "hand forging" the bits using trip hammers

Article from The Iron Trade Review, September 22, 1921, p. 747

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...ed-bit-on-vintage-axes.1294129/#post-14836175

 

[phantomknives]

look at the toes on that michigan

 

[survivor45]

That looks like the "overcoat" method, which Warren used, as described in this earlier post (with link to a good article):

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Another company using the overcoat method was Warren Axe & Tool (from 1921 article).

a: stock for the axe head
b,c: after punching for the eye, single and double bit
d: bar stock for the overcoat bit
e: overcoat after shaping
f,g: axe heads after "hand forging" the bits using trip hammers

Article from The Iron Trade Review, September 22, 1921, p. 747

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...ed-bit-on-vintage-axes.1294129/#post-14836175

Wow ! Thanks for this info. I'm new to the axe collecting thing.
And I find this fascinating.
I was familiar with "laminating"
But never new there were two ways of doing it.
Thanks again for the help !