Inlaid underhill broad axe "W.A.Tasker" (anyone recognize this? )

Yankee Josh

Yankee Josh

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I was cleaning this broad axe today and uncovered in 7 places in tiny letters W.A.TASKER. I'm wondering what it means and if any of you recognize it? It doesn't strike me as done by an owner. Maybe a company? A retailer? Anyhow I'm super curious so i thought i could justify making a thread about it. Here's what it looked like after a cursory cleaning when i first brought it home a couple months ago.
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The inlaid bit. This makes it pretty old if I'm not mistaken? Mid to late 1800's?
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If you zoom in you can see it in 4 places on this side. One is upside down.
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This one you can see is double stamped .
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Anyhow thanks a lot for any help or ideas with this. I appreciate it!
 
Thanks for that! I appreciate your reply! I saw that yesterday when looking around for info. I did find a William Tasker that owned a mercantile business in MA in the mid 1800's . He sold mostly combs but did sell other goods as well. I just can't wrap my head around either a distributor or company using such a tiny stamp. You'd think they'd want a much more prominent stamp. I was just hoping someone would recognize the name. Worth a shot! Thanks again square peg.
 
I don't think they stamped it for resale, just to identify it as a company tool. Employees sometimes get overzealous in marking a tool. Might even have been using this for practice before marking something else.
 
There were a lot of Taskers back then! Here is a screen shot of the aforementioned William. About halfway down.
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