Identify this makers mark please?

[bsmith_shoot]

A flea market find guys. Please tell me the maker?

Thanks for the help,
Brandon

 

[Operator1975]

Its pretty far gone. EverKeen maybe? Where did you get it from?

Or maybe that is a side ways Belknap....

 

[bsmith_shoot]

A flea market in SE Kentucky.

 

[bsmith_shoot]

After research I'm almost positive its Belknap

Thank you operator!

 

[hepclass]

Great score Brandon! Fantastic patina on that handle, hope it holds up well for you.

 

[bsmith_shoot]

Great score Brandon! Fantastic patina on that handle, hope it holds up well for you.

Thank you friend. When i got the axe the handle was sticky in places, and would fall from the head. I believe it had been soaked in motor oil maybe? But the years had turned the oil into like a tar on just the outside, but the inside was dry as powder. I sanded the haft down just enough to get rid of the sticky residue, mounted the head back on with a new wedge and a couple metal ones, then gave the whole axe a good soak in blo for 48 hours.
I used it splitting some wood yesterday, about a half cord, and it worked perfectly. Think its gonna be my single bit user.

 

[Steve Tall]

After research I'm almost positive its Belknap...
Thank you operator!

This variation of the Bluegrass logo looks like an exact match:

Note the Belknap written in script (not block letters), the "hourglass" in the middle, and the words TRADE and MARK (all somewhat visible on the axe).

 

[bsmith_shoot]

Thank you Steve! May i steal that pic from you? That gave me 100% confidence that my axe is a Belknap.

 

[Steve Tall]

Thank you Steve! May i steal that pic from you? That gave me 100% confidence that my axe is a Belknap.

The pic is from an auction listing, and it might "disappear" sometime after the auction.