Found this axe when moving out

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MrMe

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i found this in the back room of our old garage when we moved out last week, and all i know is that it is a true-temper kelly works deal. what do you guys think? the head looks pretty tough, but i have been looking for a dual bit axe for a while now so i'm pretty stoked about it.

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The heels and toes look to be in good shape and not over sharpened. Should make for a nice restoration project. Good find. Operator will probably chime in soon. He should have some historical info on it
 
sounds good. is there a good way to remove the handle without damaging anything?
 
Get a power drill and drill down into the wood from the top, use as big a bit as can fit down there, but be careful if it jams in the steel it can grab and spin on you, could be dangerous. Should come off easy after that.
If you want to keep the handle, try drilling a line of smaller holes along where the wedge split would be, then you can just put a new wedge in after.

Just noticed the hand crank grinder in your second pic, I have the same one. :)
 
If it's not loose enough just to pull it out, saw it off below the head and pound the remaining piece out of the eye.
 
thanks, i think i'll try and drill some holes in the handle and pull the head off.
Liam Ryan: i my dad got that at a garage sale some time ago. needs a new bushing at the wheel, there is a lot of slop in it.
 
You have yourself a serious find there. That logo is not too common. What you need to do is clean the head up and see what kind of condition that baby is in, then go from there.
 
Very nice piece you found, Great mark, in great shape. Clean it up gently.

Regards

Robin
 
Hopefully it looks like :

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Flint Edge is one of the more common lines for Kelly. That logo however is not that common, and as stated is a good find.

Hope it turns out well.

Lets us know. Lets see some pics!

Thanks!
 
how should i clean it up? i was thinking fine sandpaper, or maybe blast it with 220 grit aluminum oxide. of course i gotta find all of my stuff after the move. that logo looks exactly the same from what i can tell, i imagine this will be a great axe! does the logo represent a different feature with the axe or was it just a different logo?
 
Lot of options to clean it up. If you are trying to perserve a logo, I myself would not use sandpaper, it wont get down into the logo to clean it out anyway, and more than likely will just scuff everything up, or make some parts shiny and leave others dull.

I would spray it down good and heavy with wd40 and leave it sit a day or two. See what you have.

If it wont clean up with that, which it might not, then you need to look at maybe a wire brush wheel or something similar in order to truly remove the rust well.

Vinegar will also work well for removing rust as stated on these forums before :) but you need to be wary of rebound rust.

Let us know!
 
Liam Ryan said:
...Just noticed the hand crank grinder in your second pic, I have the same one...

MrMe: ...my dad got that at a garage sale some time ago. needs a new bushing at the wheel, there is a lot of slop in it.
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My experience with these hand crank grinders: if the wheel seems wobbly when it spins, it might just need to be put back into round by "dressing" it to abrade away the out-of-round portions. I use a diamond dresser, with a head about an inch wide and a half inch high, plus the handle, costs around ten bucks. The key is to press gently with the dresser so that it only abrades the high spots, instead of wearing down the entire wheel surface.

The diamond dresser is also good for revitalizing a glazed or grooved wheel.

On the other hand, if the grinding wheel has a half-inch hole mounted on a quarter inch shaft, for example, then it can get pretty sloppy and you would need to get a type of metal "nipple" (quarter inch ID and half inch OD) to mount on the shaft.
 
Nothing to say that wasn't already said.

Good find, make a project out of it, she still has plenty of life in it. Make sure to show us some progress pics.
 
thanks guys =D
i'm going to try and find myself a block of ash and make a handle for it in my shop class at school. oughtta be an interesting project.

on the topic of the grinder - Being a machinist i know about grinders, and it's not that the wheel is out of true (although it is wildly out of true) but the shaft seemd to be a few thousandths undersize. i'll probably make a new bushing for it and drill out the old one.
 
i cleaned it up. boy did that vinegar STINK! little bit of 500 grit wet sanding and i got this. do you guys think brake caliper paint would work well for this? if not, what should i use?
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re-haft it ... and use it.
Give it LIFE again ... I am still looking for a fine small double bit axe.
NICE FIND aka save.
brush it up n oil her then wax it.
kewl
 
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