I'm stumped, need an axe ID please

jblyttle

jblyttle

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This kind of looks and feels like a Maine made axe to me, but it really could be anything. I have looked for the maker in my one book and online and am coming up empty. I believe that the entire stamp is seen, as there is not a hint of another letter and the stamp is centered. That is all that I have to go on. Help me Obi Wan!

HINGTON AXE CO



 
Geo. Worthington?

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1260488-True-Temper-Kelly-Works-Anniversary-DB

Steve Tall said:
I think those ones are probably from the Geo. Worthington Co.

George Worthington (September 21, 1813 – November 9, 1871) was a 19th-century merchant and banker in Cleveland, Ohio, who founded the Geo. Worthington Company, a wholesale hardware and industrial distribution firm, in 1829 (until 1991 Cleveland's oldest extant business)... Wikipedia

There are some mentions of an Anniversary crosscut saw from Worthington:

Early Logging Tools - Page 51
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0764327402
Kevin Johnson - 2007 - ‎Snippet view
Anniversary bucking saw. $150-200. Courtesy of Dr. Donald C.Jastad.
Close up of Geo. Worthington Co. Anniversary No. 1418 bucking saw. Courtesy of Dr. Donald C.Jastad.


The "Anniversary" brand was still listed for Worthington in 1941, for a bunch of items including axes:

Hardware Age - Volume 148, Issues 1-6 - Page 726
https://books.google.com/books?id=oaITAQAAMAAJ
1941 - ‎Snippet view
ANNIVERSARY Auger Bits, Axes. Braces. Buck Saws, Butcher Knives. Butcher Saws, Butcher Steels, Hand Saws, Lawn Mowers, Narrow Cross-cut Saws, One-man Saws, Planes and Wide Cross-cut Saws.
Geo. Worthington ...
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It doesn't fit. I was looking fore something similar, like "Southington" or something like that, but the letter spacing doesn't really allow for it.
 
That's quite a puzzle. :)

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If the first visible letter is actually an R instead of an H, then it opens up some more avenues to explore. Such as ORRINGTON which is a town very close to Brewer, Maine. Peavey Mfg Co was in Brewer from 1918 to 1923, according to the Davistown Museum. A wild guess is that the ORRINGTON AXE CO. was a "second quality" brand of Peavey (like "Magic City", "Old Forge", and "Quaker City" are second and third quality brands for Plumb, according to YesteryearsTools).
 
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