First and foremost,
Thank you all for the valuable information I have already read in this forum.
Now on with the show. I was given 2 hatchets from an old relative. One is a great looking Dunlap with the sticker still on the handle and a nice stamp on the head. It will be put up for my son to pass on to his children some day.
The other is a nice looking hatchet, but has a good bit of rust and the head has some light blue paint. I believe the handle is original and still tight.
The only marking I can find so far is:
MADE IN
SWEDEN.
My questions are,
1. Who is the manufacturer and possible date?
2. How can I clean the head up without removing the handle?
3. Can I remove the rust without removing the remaining paint? And is the paint that big a deal for a collectable?
4. The handle is extremely dry and I have bought BLO. I figured I would sand it a little and then soak it down real good to see what it looks like.
If the handle is not important then that eliminates #2. I have vinegar, washing soda and all kinds of sandpaper and steel wool. I could do electrolysis or just a long soak.
My intention was to make this into a boys axe my hanging it on a 26" handle I've ordered from House Handle but I do not want to destroy an original handle if it is in-fact original.
I'll try to take photos and try to post them. Being new to the forum it might take me a while to figure that part out.
Thanks in advance, I think I'm hooked!!
Clint
Thank you all for the valuable information I have already read in this forum.
Now on with the show. I was given 2 hatchets from an old relative. One is a great looking Dunlap with the sticker still on the handle and a nice stamp on the head. It will be put up for my son to pass on to his children some day.
The other is a nice looking hatchet, but has a good bit of rust and the head has some light blue paint. I believe the handle is original and still tight.
The only marking I can find so far is:
MADE IN
SWEDEN.
My questions are,
1. Who is the manufacturer and possible date?
2. How can I clean the head up without removing the handle?
3. Can I remove the rust without removing the remaining paint? And is the paint that big a deal for a collectable?
4. The handle is extremely dry and I have bought BLO. I figured I would sand it a little and then soak it down real good to see what it looks like.
If the handle is not important then that eliminates #2. I have vinegar, washing soda and all kinds of sandpaper and steel wool. I could do electrolysis or just a long soak.
My intention was to make this into a boys axe my hanging it on a 26" handle I've ordered from House Handle but I do not want to destroy an original handle if it is in-fact original.
I'll try to take photos and try to post them. Being new to the forum it might take me a while to figure that part out.
Thanks in advance, I think I'm hooked!!
Clint
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