Found a double bit today, anyone heard of C.M. McClxxx of Knoxville TN?

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While searching the antique store today I found a double bit with C.M. McC....then it gets tough to read out of Knoxville, TN. Original handle in great condition. Also found an old Collins Pick Axe I didn't even know they made. Can you guys help with any info? Pics attached.

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I am from East TN near Knoxville, but I haven't heard of axes marked that way. That might be a cool thing to keep my eye out for.
 
vanwag44 said:
While searching the antique store today I found a double bit with C.M. McC....then it gets tough to read out of Knoxville, TN. Original handle in great condition. Also found an old Collins Pick Axe I didn't even know they made. Can you guys help with any info? Pics attached.

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The Collins pickaxe might be a fake. Collins had a real problem with copycats. I'd like to see a picture of the whole tool and see if it's listed in any of the Collins catalogs. Might be a fine tool but I've never seen that Collins stamp before. My spidey sense is tingling.
 
Square_peg said:
The Collins pickaxe might be a fake. Collins had a real problem with copycats. I'd like to see a picture of the whole tool and see if it's listed in any of the Collins catalogs. Might be a fine tool but I've never seen that Collins stamp before. My spidey sense is tingling.
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I thought the same and have never seen "THE" above collins company, which you have to look at the edge to see. But it was $6.50, so if it was a fake must have been faked long ago. Heres the whole tool.
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Square_peg said:
The Collins pickaxe might be a fake. Collins had a real problem with copycats. I'd like to see a picture of the whole tool and see if it's listed in any of the Collins catalogs. Might be a fine tool but I've never seen that Collins stamp before. My spidey sense is tingling.
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I don't know about that specific stamp, but The Collins Company (of Collinsville, Conn.) is listed as a manufacturer of mattocks in this 1966 publication:

Marconi's International Register - Page 231
https://books.google.com/books?id=-zobAQAAMAAJ
1966 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions
Collinsville, Conn., U.S.A. Manufacturers of Axes, Machetes, Hatchets, Shovels, Mattocks, Hoes, Hammers, etc. Established 1826.

Collins Co. (of Collinsville, Conn.) is also listed as a maker of mattocks in this 1899 publication:

Seeger and Guernsey's Cyclopædia of the Manufactures and Products of the United States, United States Industrial Publishing Company, 1899
https://books.google.com/books?id=u0FgyWc_xcAC&dq=collinsville%20mattock&pg=PA357#v=onepage&q&f=false
 
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