Head pattern I.D. help

[vcbvcbvcb]

Do you know anything about collins legitimus old timer axes?

 

[DarthTaco123]

http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears Tools/Collins Pt. 2.html

Yesteryear shows it from 1900-1960s?

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

Anybody see anything wrong with this around the temper line?

 

[DarthTaco123]

The left bit looks like it get's darker near the edge?

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

Is that bad? I was looking at the transition zone between the dark tempered area and the lighter gray non-tempered area. Usually it's seamless, but on this head it looks different. I'm on the verge of buying this one, but I'm a little gunshy after buying the last head with the worn down bit. I'm trying to figure out what I don't know, so I can make better assessments.

 

[halfaxe]

That may not be the temper line but actually the line where the overcoated steel of the bit meets the softer steel of the body in older two-piece (three piece in double bits) axes. Then the steels rusted at different rates. It is not bad. Looks like a nice axe.

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

I hope it's a nice ax, I just bought it.

 

[300Six]

That may not be the temper line but actually the line where the overcoated steel of the bit meets the softer steel of the body in older two-piece (three piece in double bits) axes. Then the steels rusted at different rates. It is not bad. Looks like a nice axe.

Certainly looks that way to me. Homogenous steel technology had pretty much taken over the industry already 100 years ago which makes me figure this head is not recent by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

So, is that good?

 

[Operator1975]

I am not seeing whatever the issue is......

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

Good, then there probably isn't one. I was concerned about the transition line between the tempered bit and the body of the ax. It looked different to me than other axes I've looked at. I'm new at this and didn't know if it was normal or not. I wanted an opinion before I bought it.

 

[Operator1975]

There is no issue with the DB.

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

There is another head I want due to it's weight. Again, there's something about it I can't put my finger on. Furrows on the side, slop on the cheeks of the bit, cutout on the bottom. Any ideas?

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

 

[Agent_H]

That Plumb played a rough game of tag with a bench grinder maybe?

The Victory mark is off-center, the eye walls look noticeably thinner one side to the other.

I'm looking at it on a phone so it's hard to tell cause of the size. Could it have been altered?

 

[vcbvcbvcb]

Thanks, that's what I thought regarding the grinder. What do you think of the head in the bottom pic?