information on Hytest Plumb Axe

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I purchased a Hytest Plumb 4 1/2 pound axe from the local market
it is an Australian made axe , does anyone have any information on these axes as i cant find much on the internet
thanks
 
Those are great axes and hold their value well. You were lucky to find one. You don't find many of them in the States. Can you post a pic? Are you looking to sell or trade it?
 
Agreed with Pegs, rare as can be, worth a good bit of money. I'm in line behind him if it's available! They're usually larger than our American axes, for work with ultra tough wood down under. Made like tanks- nigh indestructible.
 
will put a few photos up tonight Australian time picked the Axe up for $5.00 sounds like I got quite a bargain
i have a Hytest and a USA Plumb but this is the first Australian made hytest/Plumb I have seen
 
This is quoted from an Australian newspaper dated 4 January 1946:

PUBLIC NOTICE
PLUMB (AUST.) PTY. LTD.
Sole Manufacturers and sellers under its own Name of
'HYTEST' AUSTRALIAN-MADE FORGED TOOLS
including 'HYTEST' AXES
Winners of Numerous Woodchopping Conlests
and 'HYTEST' HATCHETS etc
GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT
Neither the company nor its Products are in any way connected
with the American Company,
FAYETTE R. PLUMB (INC.) .

All Distributors And Sellers Are Notified and requested
Only to Offer and Sell our Products as 'HYTEST'
Tools Made by PLUMB (Aust). Pty. Ltd.
and not to cause or directly or indirectly to permit
any confusion in the minds of prospective
buyers between the Axes and Hatchets of
Plumb (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. and
the Axes and Hatchets of
the American Company Fayetle R. Plumb (Inc.)

'HYTEST' TOOLS ARE AUSTRALIAN MADE
BY AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY
PLUMB (AUST.) PTY. LTD
Sydney and Melbourne.

The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld.), Friday 4 January 1946, page 2
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/50280254

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/printArticleJpg/50280254/3?print=n
 
Thanks Steve that's the only information i could find on this axe as well
having trouble with the photo's , still trying to work out how to get them onto this thread
 
I did a little digging and found that there was an Australian company named Plumb (W.H. Plumb, not Fayette) that was based in Sydney and made forged tools (such as wrenches, chisels, anvil stakes). So perhaps this Australian Plumb company had ownership of Hytest at some point, totally unrelated to the Plumb company in the USA.

plumb.jpg
 
Hi, I have just bought a few axes and noticed that the HYTEST has tools written with two s’s. Was wondering if anyone knew if it was rare or not?
Thanks
 
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