I'm trying to locate a picture of old Craftsman ax.

[George49]

I have an old Sears Craftsman ax that the ax head and handle separated on. I took it in to a Sears store, but there was nothing on the handle or blade to verify it was a Sears Craftsman tool. The clerk said if I could locate a picture that would verify it as a Craftsman Ax, they would help me out and replace it. I know I bought it at Sears but many years ago. The ax has one blade, and a flat butt area behind the blade. The handle is about 30" and is Gray--some type of Fiberglas material I think.

Can anyone there help me on this?

 

[Operator1975]

We would need a picture of what you have in order to validate(to our best) that it is indeed a Sears/Craftsman tool.

 

[300Six]

A buddy of mine (when he was very young) found a stacked leather claw hammer in a thawing snowbank 55+ years ago. He used it for many years but some of the leather pads eroded away and I happened to notice (this was round about 1986) the faint 'Craftsman" stamp on the head under the rust. My buddy proudly went into Sears, asked about the lifetime warranty on Craftsman tools, presented the old hammer and insisted on having it either repaired or replaced. There was considerable humming and hawing from the staff until the manager was summoned..and he forcefully argued some more but ultimately went home with their then-current top of the line Craftsman claw hammer.
If this is the type of situation you're anticipating with your broken axe then please make sure the words "Craftsman" are authentic and discernable. If through some fluke the stamp is framed by double oval lines then there might be some folks on here interested in hearing from you.
The other scenario you face is that Sears did sell other, and lesser grades, of tools. Without the Craftsman stamp these would have had no warranty.

 

[jstare]

My question is if the handle is the only problem with the tool, how then is this a defective tool? Every tool that is used to chop, hammer or smack things is going to break its handle eventually from wear and tear. Why not just go to your local hardware store, buy a wooden replacement handle and put the axe head back on it? You would probably be happier with a nice wooden handle than the fiberglass one that was on their before anyways.