Does anyone know anything about 'ardex' axes?

[blueflow]

I will most likely keep it on a shelf.

 

[300Six]

are you able to give an estimate of its value?

Asking such a thing is 'verboten' (and highly discouraged) on this forum because it would quickly degrade into an appraisal and brokerage site.

 

[Steve Tall]

Here's a photo with the detail from the Ardex label, showing a man swinging an axe overhead toward a stump.

It says:
HAND GROUND
HAND FORGED
TEMPER TESTED
with the equivalent also written in French.

It also says:
ARDEX
CANADA

Behind the man is a red crest or shield, with crossed arrows and a plus sign (or star?) below the arrows.
The logo to the left of ARDEX shows the letters AR curved to fit in a circle.

Some photos showing the Ardex label on an axe, a small axe/ hatchet, and a splitting maul:

from Canada Science and Technology Museums

 

[Steve Tall]

From the book "Axes made, found or sold in Canada" by Allan Klenman, published 1981.

Some additional information from another source:

"A Polish emigrant to Canada by the name of Radomski purchased the plant from one of these defunct [Swedish] operations [Arvika Redskapsfabrik, Urafors, Saters, and Kolefors were mentioned earlier as being defunct Swedish manufacturers]. He also arranged for Swedish workers to come to Canada and set things up for him. At this point the Swedish government, under pressure from their own industry, stepped in and 'Scotched' the scheme. Radomski had to wait until the mid seventies until he was able to recruit some Polish experts to come in, set up the machinery and train Canadians to use it. When last heard from, Mr. Radomski was producing axes under the old Walters 'Ottawa Chief' label."

from "The Swedish Axe in North America" by Robin Wyllie, The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Vol. 39, No. 4, December 1986