Collins Co Hudson Ax Hatchet -- no Poll

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Hi all. New to forum. Looking forward to sharing ax/hatchet info, etc. I recently got a Hudson Bay style Collins ax. I have not figured out posting photos yet (a reply here would be appreciated), I will do so as soon as possile. My main question is, any idea on years for this style ax, with no poll? The ax has an early stamp. Collins Co. Hartford. Cast Steel. Warranted. USA. Legitimus. Thanks. Dru

 
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Sounds like you have a Legitimus Trade Axe. They made them for export to Latin/South America where they're popular. Is the poll just a strip of steel wrapped around the haft?
 
Thanks so far. Any help with posting photos? I've got "before" photos. It cleaned up surprising well. I don't "after" photos yet. A waterway outside one of the Collins Co buildings was drained a few years back, to repair a leaky dam. Some tenants were allowed to dig around, and some nice pieces were found. Most heavily pitted. This ax survived I think because it was covered in a tar substance.
 
I use photobucket, it's a free photo sharing website. Once you upload it to photo bucket you hit the Insert Image button on here and use the direct link provided when you click on the image in photobucket.
 
90% of the etch is legible. It was never used, never hung. Sat in a bog of pitch etc for over 100 years. I was curious about the year range for this polless style. It is not the black paint era (if that's an era).
 
Thanks DT123. I'll get as close a phato of stamp as possible. I think it is the earliest stamp version with Crown, Hammer, Legitimus. Also, am I confusing the two terms Trade Ax and Hudson? I guess I'm lumping those together.
 
It isn't a Hudson Bay, I'm not sure they really had patterns on their trade axes, it was more or less a general shape.
 
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Collins also as stated above was a major player in the world market. The sold axes, knives, machetes all around the globe, but had a heavy influence in Mexico and South America especially. So, with that, they had to make axes especially for that market -

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Is there an accepted reason why they went without a poll on these? Seems odd not to be able to use that section of the tool's real estate :confused:
 
DarthTaco123 said:
Fitting the style of the countries they exported the axes to more than likely.
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I understand regional preferences. It's just in my day to day whether at home or the campsite I use the Poll more than the blade. When the wife says "go pound sand" that's what I do...
 
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