ID two hatchet heads

[RickW]

Here are two hatchet heads I'm having trouble identifying.
The first one has a hammer handle installed in it. It dosen't fit, and I'm going to install a proper one once I ID the head.
Here are some pictures:

It measures about 5 3/8 inches long by 2 7/8 inches across the blade. it is about thick 11/16 inch across the eye. The whole hatchet including the handle weighs about 1 1/2 lbs. It is marked "PRESBREY".
What is the proper name for this style hatchet? If it were a full-size axe, I would call it a Hudson's Bay pattern, but does that pattern apply to hatchets as well?
The second head is small, too. It is unmarked. Here are the pictures:

It measures about 5 3/8 inches long and 3 1/8 inches across the blade. It is 13/16 across the eye.I know it's unmarked, but are there any characteristics that could help identify the maker?
Thanks,
Rick W

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Here are two hatchet heads I'm having trouble identifying.
The first one has a hammer handle installed in it. It dosen't fit, and I'm going to install a proper one once I ID the head.
Here are some pictures:

It measures about 5 3/8 inches long by 2 7/8 inches across the blade. it is about thick 11/16 inch across the eye. The whole hatchet including the handle weighs about 1 1/2 lbs. It is marked "PRESBREY".
What is the proper name for this style hatchet? If it were a full-size axe, I would call it a Hudson's Bay pattern, but does that pattern apply to hatchets as well?
The second head is small, too. It is unmarked. Here are the pictures:

It measures about 5 3/8 inches long and 3 1/8 inches across the blade. It is 13/16 across the eye.I know it's unmarked, but are there any characteristics that could help identify the maker?
Thanks,
Rick W

Sportsman's/Hunter's axe. It is a little bit heavy but I can see influence of Kephart. Search for Colclesser Bros. and L.A. Sayre Hunter's axes.

 

[flexo]

PRESBREY might be former owner's name... and it's not a hudson bay pattern because of the lugs.

 

[garry3]

Here are two hatchet heads I'm having trouble identifying.
The first one has a hammer handle installed in it. It dosen't fit, and I'm going to install a proper one once I ID the head.
Here are some pictures:

It measures about 5 3/8 inches long by 2 7/8 inches across the blade. it is about thick 11/16 inch across the eye. The whole hatchet including the handle weighs about 1 1/2 lbs. It is marked "PRESBREY".
What is the proper name for this style hatchet? If it were a full-size axe, I would call it a Hudson's Bay pattern, but does that pattern apply to hatchets as well?
The second head is small, too. It is unmarked. Here are the pictures:

It measures about 5 3/8 inches long and 3 1/8 inches across the blade. It is 13/16 across the eye.I know it's unmarked, but are there any characteristics that could help identify the maker?
Thanks,
Rick W

The first hatchet is really interesting. I suspect a hardened poll due to lack of mushrooming and the small chipping. Presbrey probably learned of the hardened poll when he tried to press his name into it. It is a later all steel axe.

 

[RickW]

Thanks for the additional info!
Garry3, I think that it does have a hardened poll, for the reasons you state.
Here is another picture of it, with a new handle I made from hickory.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Definitely not a factory stamp on the 1st, you can see the raised edges around the lettering where it was stamped after it was made.

Probably the original owners name.