Can you identify this?

[Nonprophet]

I am wondering if someone can give me a background and history on this hatchet. Age, where it's from, maybe what it could be worth? I found it at a yard sale and I wanted to know about it. It seems old and in really good shape except where someone carved their initials into the handle.

 

[Square_peg]

Marbles safety axe #5. They're still being sold. I think they go for about $50 on that internet auction site.

http://rockymountainbushcraft.blogspot.com/2013/10/review-marbles-safety-axe-no5-not.html

 

[Nonprophet]

Any opinion of how good a shape it is in for it's age or is it not that old maybe?

 

[Bo T]

Good article Square-peg. It says they are made in Taiwan. If yours is made in the USA, It might be of better quality and therefore more valuable than Taiwan hatchets in the same condition.