Help me identify Dads axe.

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Not sure how to post pics, ask for url. Wont let me just insert pic. The only stamp I can find on it is 4 overlapping circles like a clover with maybe an oval in the middle. There are some letters but cant make them out. Can You help. Thanks for your time.
 
You can't post pics from your computer unless you have a paid membership. You have to put the pics in photobucket or Flickr or another photo hosting site then move the pics to the forum of your choice.

Regards

Robin
 
Sounds like Belknapp Bluegrass. Made by Kelly I think. Super good steel. Extremely hard, hardest I have ever filed I think.
 
I can't Leo too much, but Ivan confirm with the guy above me that the mark sounds like a bluegrass, I just got a roofers axe and posted it with a similar marking

Does stamp look like this?

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Yep thats it. I knew you guys would know. The stamp is about the same size as the one on the roofers axe. Not sure of weight. Dont have a small scale. but it is easily twice the size of BG scandinavian. It was my Dads so i'd like to get a good handle for it. Where should I get one?
 
jmh76 said:
Yep thats it. I knew you guys would know. The stamp is about the same size as the one on the roofers axe. Not sure of weight. Dont have a small scale. but it is easily twice the size of BG scandinavian. It was my Dads so i'd like to get a good handle for it. Where should I get one?
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I'm not sure it matters where you get a handle.
Look for straight grain running the length of the handle. Look at the butt of the helve; if you see lines from the tree rings you want to see them running as nearly straight front to back as possible. If your handle shows oval or arch-shaped grain, you want those ovals or arches on the long sides rather than on the front or back.
If you buy it in this country it will almost certainly be hickory, but you might just check that it says so.
 
I might even make one for it. Is there some rule or wahtever that dictates handle length to head weight?
 
The best thing about this axe is, it belonged to your father. What you have done so far and what you are doing is a sign of respect for the man, and his tools. Good on yer mate.

I own tools that once belonged to my Dad. They always feel good in my hands.

regards...Frank
 
jmh76 said:
I might even make one for it. Is there some rule or wahtever that dictates handle length to head weight?
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Not really. If it's 3 lbs or more, most people will go with 32 or 36 inches. Frank of NZ likes a 32-incher however heavy the head. I like 36 inches for leaning on. Longer gives more velocity at an open woodpile, shorter gives better maneuverability in close quarters. You might take the head to a good hardware store and hold it up to their different helves to see what looks good.
 
Frank-New Zealand said:
The best thing about this axe is, it belonged to your father. What you have done so far and what you are doing is a sign of respect for the man, and his tools. Good on yer mate.

I own tools that once belonged to my Dad. They always feel good in my hands.

regards...Frank
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This is where its at right here. Well done Frank.
 
Looks like another Belknap in a Jersey pattern. Not badly rusted or pitted. Decent poll. Toe has been filed back quite a bit. But she's still got some life in her.
 
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