Collins Legitimus Pulaski, boy's axe sized, old logo. A truly rare bird?

jblyttle

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I picked this up a while ago and it has been on my list to clean up. I was inspired to today by an inquiry, and did a basic 3 minute scrub to get a better look at it. The head is great other than just purely light surface rust and the handle is good but needs refinishing. The logo seems older to me than is typical, and I have not seen one of these before in any case. There are none on eBay. Has anyone here seen these or know anything about them? The underlying paint remnants are red.



 
THat is crap manno, sorry you got stuck with that. I will help you out of it.... I think I stiil have that DY head around here....

Bill
 
The "made in USA" doesn't scream old to me. What are the demensions? Eye size and shape?
 
The "regular" axe portion is 6.5" long with a 3.75-4 inch edge. Total length is 12 inches, haft length is 32 inches. The eye is 3/4x2 5/8.

Here is a 3lb., 29 inch Plumb for reference.

 
JB, the original handle would have been straight. I would think the eye is shaped like a DBL bit? House handle makes there Pulaski eye's 5/8"X 3".
This older style Pulaski measures out pretty close to yours. The eye on this one is 3/4" and a little shy of 3".
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These older style Pulaski's are smaller in demensions than the newer ones, however they are still marked 3-3 meaning 3 3/4lbs. This one has the
3-3 on the under side of the poll.
 
JB, I come across alot of Pulaski's here, I have never seen a Legitamus. It's a very good find.
 
Pre-WWII and after 1911 when Ed Pulaski invented it. Looks like the blade is worn down some but still an old Pulaski.
 
This thread has a lot of Collins info in it, including a very good picture of this stamp. Collins was years ahead of other manufacturers in marketing, brand protection, etc. They also had factories in Mexico, Columbia and Brazil. The thread referenced states that Collins made mostly other tools in the 3 named countries and almost all the axes were US made. They probably had MADE IN USA on their stuff long before other companies did so that their south of the US-Mexico border customers would know the source of their tools.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/966510-Collins-and-Co-Manufacturing-Thread
 
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