Help Identifying this carpenters axe?

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JARB

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Hey Guy's
found this today. 'I can't find any info about it. any help would be greatly appreciated, the stamp appears to be a hexagon with letters g e t in it. cheers Ryan.


LkXxxL


LkXxGU


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LoyqFg
 
Looks like a Bavarian pattern carpenters hatchet. Similar carpenters hatchets are used across Central Europe, so it could be German - or not.
 
Thanks a bunch guys, I will look into it more and work on my picture posting lol
It does appear to be of good quality
 
JARB said:
Thanks agent h those are the ones...
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It is an interesting axe. The stamp is pretty clear. Three rombii or "diamonds" to make a hexagon.

Each diamond has a letter - G E T – are you sure about the letters? Could one of them be a symbol or possibly a number?

Agent_H said:
https://flic.kr/p/LkXxxL
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It has that divot as well. Don't think that was for sharpening. This is a guess that it looks more like a hardness test, decommission mark, or other deliberate mark for something I can’t picture. I don't know anything about hardness tests but with a divot that deep it seems on purpose. There are quite a few German/Scandinavian/Eastern European axe that I see pictures of that state they were military surplus and have holes through them – not ornamental but circular holes - that is why I think some sort of decommission mark of sorts.

Don’t know any of that for certain of course. Most of this is using Google translate so take it as reading things that make you feel semi-illiterate lol.

The lines are pretty crisp and deep on the impress too - fresh machinery/dies could explain that or just higher attention paid to quality. Elaborate enough that I would guess it is decent or better quality – if as much attention was paid to its construction. “Book by its cover” sort of comment I guess.

There seems to be huge lists of makers and variations of their names with company/ownership changes in all of those regions as well – Especially Germany and Central Europe. It could be an earlier or later mark that changed or coincided with owners.
 
Good thoughts agent h! I appreciate all the good info to help in my search...

Cheers Ryan
 
Agent_H said:
https://flic.kr/p/LkXxxL
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It has that divot as well. Don't think that was for sharpening. This is a guess that it looks more like a hardness test, decommission mark, or other deliberate mark for something I can’t picture. I don't know anything about hardness tests but with a divot that deep it seems on purpose.
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jake pogg said:
Very good guess,Sir.
It is indeed a divot left by the Brinell hardness tester.
https://www.google.com/search?q=bri...X&ved=0ahUKEwirvsL2_d_OAhWCH5AKHagLB4EQsAQIcA
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Judging from the location they're testing to make sure the eye isn't too hard rather than making sure the bit is hard enough.
 
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