It followed me home (Part 2)

300Six said:
I don't know what's going on here but it looks very much as if someone tried to disguise a lethal crack with automotive epoxy (Jiffy Weld?). Were this a proper MIG or stick weld you'd see evidence of grinding in order to smooth out the weld and I don't see any sign of that.
Run a file over the joint to see how soft it is compared to the surrounding metal.
You may have learned a $7 lesson!
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The material doesn't appear to be overly soft when I ran my file over it a few minutes ago. But you're right about there not being many grind marks.
 
Fish,
If you want that ones big brother, let me know. I am pretty sure we are both in the same town and it sits in my basement at the moment.
Bill
 
lmalterna said:
Fish,
If you want that ones big brother, let me know. I am pretty sure we are both in the same town and it sits in my basement at the moment.
Bill
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Bill, I may take you up on the offer. Send me an email and we'll discuss things. willc24426 at yahoo
 
I got all of this today for $167 total. Everything from the axes to the motor and thermos excluding the rear tool chest.


 
Yar said:
The material doesn't appear to be overly soft when I ran my file over it a few minutes ago. But you're right about there not being many grind marks.
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I rehung it on a cheap Ace handle.

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Then I did some light bucking. It didn't explode on me and seems to hold an edge well.

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Shrug.
 
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jb, with the amount of stuff that follows you home....I hope your home is on bedrock..... lucky you don't have to feed them!
 
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JB, thank you for collecting and sharing your finds here. I greatly enjoy seeing what you happen upon.

This is a recent pick-up. Jersey pattern with rounded lugs. Made me think “Plumb” but it is unmarked. Looks as though it might have had a sticker though.

It’s a bit of a rough build with marks from both heel and toe to the polls. Cast marks? I can’t tell if it is mold cast or maybe machinery didn’t close properly. Or it’s due to some other build aspect I am not seeing. It might be toasters and fenders as well.

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Straight handle would seem appropriate. Insight on the manufacturing marks is welcome.
 
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JB, that is amazing stuff. Those thermoses are great. Snap on tool box. Nice firmer chisels. Looks like a Stanly 151 in there also.
The thing that caught my eye was that knife. What is it?

Agent H, those are just the marks from the dies. Probably a later one. Maybe closed die drop forging leaves more of those die marks and is the reason I see them on more of the contemporary axes? A change of manufacturing methods I suspect.

I have never had a bad Plumb.
 
garry3 said:
JB, that is amazing stuff. Those thermoses are great. Snap on tool box. Nice firmer chisels. Looks like a Stanly 151 in there also.
The thing that caught my eye was that knife. What is it?
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The knife is a new one to me, stamped TINA Germany, it is a like new knife with a single perfect sheepsfoot blade. Probably a sailor rope knife.

And today- meager! But, only $13 and a nice Norlund.

 
I've had too many axes for too long, but I couldn't resist this one today for 5$. Collins, with some of that blue paint remaining.
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jblyttle said:
The knife is a new one to me, stamped TINA Germany, it is a like new knife with a single perfect sheepsfoot blade. Probably a sailor rope knife.

And today- meager! But, only $13 and a nice Norlund.

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That is one of the nicest looking Michigan's I've ever seen.
 
jblyttle said:
The knife is a new one to me, stamped TINA Germany, it is a like new knife with a single perfect sheepsfoot blade. Probably a sailor rope knife.

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TINA knives are well known in the horticulture industry for their high quality grafting knives. That might be what you have. Some are ground single bevel.
 
There is a local flea market that runs twice a year here. It is always awesome for me and I load up, typically I score 10-20 axes/hatchets on top of other things. They open at 8am, I was there at 8am. I was told that a local axe collector that I know and have sold to had been there for nearly two hours already. I spent 2 hours there and saw exactly zero axes or hatchets of any type. I did buy these things, but it's a half to a third of what I normally do there. Bummer.

I spent $180, $135 of that was on the two anvils.

 
jblyttle said:
There is a local flea market that runs twice a year here.
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It's still pretty entertaining to get out and "hunt" things down though.

There is a similar twice a year deal going on in WAshington next weekend. Thinking I will make the drive up there to check it out.

Nothing wrong with cast iron for sure and I like the pike pole end you found there as well. I don't see anvils in numbers like you do JB.
 
The day turn out better than expected. I traded those two Snap-On toolboxes that I paid $160 for in exchange for this stuff. The boxes were worth more, but then again so is this stuff and I like this stuff better.

 
I was gonna say you came up just a wee bit short until I scrolled down and saw the blower.

What brand is the drawknife?
 
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