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Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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And he did say. Black Raven had 13 different styles, and mine would be 14 that he now knew of.
If a user is what he's after, I would think this axe could be traded for almost any axe he wants. There are loads of high quality axes out there that just aren't rare or don't have desirable embossing.That article about Larry McPhail says that he's still looking to acquire more Black Ravens, among others.
"As a collector he continues to watch for rare and high-end axes - White, Winchester, Black Raven, and Marble, for example."
An idea you might want to consider is to offer your rare Black Raven to him to add to his collection, as a trade for some axe of "equivalent value" that he owns which you would enjoy having more than that Black Raven. If he has some duplicates he might suggest some special and more attractive (to you) axe (or axes) that he'd be willing to trade. It might be worth broaching the subject with him.
Took some better pics, along with another interesting one I found.
These are just as I found them.
Someone took a heavy wire wheel to the Black Raven.
Left some heavy scuffs.
Both of these were from fleamarkets.
It is amazing how many fleamarket sellers think they just have to 'touch up' their wares just a bit to make them more appealing, when in reality they are sometimes damaging the item.
There for sure isn't many of them out there Gator. Not sure if this is the only known one but your collection has an axe in it that few if any have. So your journey into axe collecting is off to a pretty darn good start. It might not hurt to hang onto that one for awhile.I was wondering about the handle also.
It looks like this axe wasn't really used much, but when it was used it was used HARD.
The Kelly Perfects handle appears like it could be original also.
At least to my untrained eye.
I wasn't really looking at the monetary value of this axe but the historic value.
Thus I would be willing to donate it to the right organization that would appreciate the historical significance of it.
That's what this is about for me.
Even Mrs Gator39 asked me, when I started collecting axes just this spring, why do you need so many?
(She had that same question about my guns) , and i told her it was just saving and restoring history.
When the pioneers settled this country, the number one tool was the firearm.
The number 2 tool was the axe.
I was wondering about the handle also.
It looks like this axe wasn't really used much, but when it was used it was used HARD.
The Kelly Perfects handle appears like it could be original also.
At least to my untrained eye.
I wasn't really looking at the monetary value of this axe but the historic value.
Thus I would be willing to donate it to the right organization that would appreciate the historical significance of it.
That's what this is about for me.
Even Mrs Gator39 asked me, when I started collecting axes just this spring, why do you need so many?
(She had that same question about my guns) , and i told her it was just saving and restoring history.
When the pioneers settled this country, the number one tool was the firearm.
The number 2 tool was the axe.