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aaron ryan

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I found this axe in a shed I was cleaning out it was rusty couldn't see the blade so I cleaned it all up couldn't find any markings on it can anyone tell me if it is old or not. it looks like there is a pin through the steel to each side to hold on the handle.
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With that really deep weight stamp - kind of looks like some of the european axes.

where are you located?

when you cleaned it up, was there any traces of paint on it? maybe blue?
 
I am located in USA in California I dont know anything about axes but the ones I have seen never have a steel pin through them to hold the handle on sometimes a bolt or something. The rust was so thick I didn't see any paint but it is really really sharp. Do you know what the stamp means is that the weight of the axe? Thank you for your help.
 
I found a similar hatchet many months ago and brought it home for $7, hoping that, after I cleaned it, I would find a maker's mark. No such luck. Mine is marked "1 1/4" and has similar geometry to yours but no pin like yours has. My guess is that the pin in yours was put in by someone who didn't know how to properly hang an axe, rather than it having it come like that from the maker. When I researched mine, I found on line pictures of a similar 1 1/4 pounder that was marked "MADE IN SWEDEN" on the back. Unfortunately, mine, when I cleaned it, was not similarly marked. And, my wife pointed out to me that the font used for the weight on mine was not exactly the same as on the Swedish hatchet. I'll try to get photos of mine on this thread soon. I'm anxious to find out what other forum members have to say about your hatchet, as it might shed more light on where and when and by whom mine was made. T-A
 
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aaron ryan said:
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The weight marking style/script makes me think of Made in West Germany axes marked for export.
There were many patterns and sizes but some were marked and some came with labels. Many were blue once in their lifetimes.
Not the best example:
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I found a similar hatchet many months ago and brought it home for $7, hoping that, after I cleaned it, I would find a maker's mark. No such luck. Mine is marked "1 1/4" and has similar geometry to yours but no pin like yours has. My guess is that the pin in yours was put in by someone who didn't know how to properly hang an axe, rather than it having it come like that from the maker. When I researched mine, I found on line pictures of a similar 1 1/4 pounder that was marked "MADE IN SWEDEN" on the back. Unfortunately, mine, when I cleaned it, was not similarly marked. And, my wife pointed out to me that the font used for the weight on mine was not exactly the same as on the Swedish hatchet. I'll try to get photos of mine on this thread soon. I'm anxious to find out what other forum members have to say about your hatchet, as it might shed more light on where and when and by whom mine was made. T-A
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Here are the photos of my 1 1/4 pounder:
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Mine seems to have similarly shaped curves and cheeks. Made in USA? Sweden? Germany? We may never know, but I really like mine and hope to hang it soon. T-A
 
Thank you for all your information and help if I find anything else about the one I have I will share it with you. The one you have looks pretty cool. Take care and thanks again.
 
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Here is another example to go with the comment on the shape of the “cheeks”.
 
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Another thing you can do is look at the size of the eye - the W. Germany made ones tend to run a touch larger than the average vintage American’s, making them a bit harder to find stock handles that completely fill them - at least in the hatchet to boy’s axe sizes.

Could be why someone pinned it?
 
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