It followed me home (Part 2)

[Agent_H]

I'm curious about that axe in JB's picture as well.

This one is a Red Knight.

Collins brand?

 

[BamaDADx3]

Welcome, BamaDAD. Thanks for the pics.

I'd like to see a whole picture of that 5-pound plumb.

And if you want to see what that old miners pick would look like restored then check this out.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1290226-Miner-s-drift-pick-restoration-(pic-heavy)

As you can tell i havent touched it since purchase. Been working on another project for a friend and deciding which im tackling next. Completed redo of a small claw for a friend.

 

[Square_peg]

Wow! That's a big Dayton. It'll make one helluva splitter. Put it on a 36" haft.

 

[traditionalist]

This followed me home over the weekend, a $2 plumb boy scout hatchet with a $3 belt blank that I turned into a sheath. Put a mirrored edge on it today.

 

[BamaDADx3]

This followed me home over the weekend, a $2 plumb boy scout hatchet with a $3 belt blank that I turned into a sheath. Put a mirrored edge on it today.

Very Nice Find!!

 

[oldchev4x4]

I'm curious about that axe in JB's picture as well.

This one is a Red Knight.






Collins brand?

The paint on my handle looks like yours Agent H.
So Red Knight made by Collins looks like the deal. They must not be too common , it took me a lot of looking to find one.

 

[jblyttle]

I'm curious about that axe in JB's picture as well.

I'm sorry to say that I forget exactly what that was. I have had a couple others with that paint scheme. One was a head that I never identified, others were reused handles. I have also seen online pictures of certain BSA products that sported that design. Sorry that I can't clarify things.

 

[300Six]

I'm sorry to say that I forget exactly what that was. I have had a couple others with that paint scheme. One was a head that I never identified, others were reused handles. I have also seen online pictures of certain BSA products that sported that design. Sorry that I can't clarify things.

Walters Axe typically featured white-washed handles with yellow painted butts although I have seen a few red ones over the years. Now as to whether those handles were OEM I don't know, plus it was fairly common for forestry workers to paint some part of the handles so they wouldn't lose them in the woods.

 

[Peck Price]

Don't want to muddy the waters concerning the paint scheme but Dad worked at a farm store in the 70's that sold replacement tool handles with the white/red paint scheme. We still have several hammers that have those handles in them. There were several different styles available including sledge/maul and claw hammer handles plus boy's axe, regular axe and hatchet handles. The handles came from Seymour, Indiana. This I know because we have family that live in the area and Dad got the handles from a family member and sold them at the store. I would assume they are from Link.

 

[oldchev4x4]

Don't want to muddy the waters concerning the paint scheme but Dad worked at a farm store in the 70's that sold replacement tool handles with the white/red paint scheme. We still have several hammers that have those handles in them. There were several different styles available including sledge/maul and claw hammer handles plus boy's axe, regular axe and hatchet handles. The handles came from Seymour, Indiana. This I know because we have family that live in the area and Dad got the handles from a family member and sold them at the store. I would assume they are from Link.

Is there a decal or stamp on the handle as to the manufacturer?

 

[jblyttle]

Today's haul. Lots of good axes, a Maine axe, a couple Jerseys and Connies. I got the 10 axes for $55, the anvil, hammers and hatchet head for $40 and the awesome Kennedy tool chest for $85. The tool chest is a keeper.

 

[RTDoug]

Man jb, after my finds I see that it sux around here at fleas.

 

[Square_peg]

JB, what is the axe in the center with the clean upturned haft?

 

[jblyttle]

JB, what is the axe in the center with the clean upturned haft?

That's a Snow & Nealley (Bangor not China) 2-3/4lb head on a crackedd handle of unknown wood. Not hickory/ash/oak.

 

[300Six]

Hot dog JB! Either everybody and his dog owned axes at one time in the northeast or you've become a master at sniffing them out. Third axe from the top presumably is a Rockaway Plumb. What's the weight of it and is this a Permabond hang?

 

[jblyttle]

Hot dog JB! Either everybody and his dog owned axes at one time in the northeast or you've become a master at sniffing them out. Third axe from the top presumably is a Rockaway Plumb. What's the weight of it and is this a Permabond hang?

I think that it's a little of both. Right on the Plumb, this one is no Permabond. One of the axes is a surprise in that it's a common brand but I have never seen one like it before, for whatever reason. It's a 4lb Craftsman Connie. Cool.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

My mother in law surprised me today with a very nice lipped shipwright's adze. Only one tiny nick in the edge and it otherwise looks to have been only lightly used. Some fool decorator put a hole in the handle at some point but that's easily fixed. Pictures tomorrow.

 

[Steve Tall]

...a Rockaway Plumb.

Since this is my thread I will readily clarify that Plumb made a Jersey pattern and a Kentucky pattern, both with rounded lugs (as seen in the post below), but Plumb did not make a Rockaway pattern (as far as I know).

For the record, here's another undated page that supposedly accompanied the 1964 price sheets. Perhaps the label designs can convey some information, for example confirming that the Dreadnaught label was used during the 1960s (YesteryearsTools wasn't definite about this). Although the details aren't clear, the All-American labels look similar to an example that YesteryearsTools listed as being used after 1981.

To see more detail, Right-click on this image, then choose View Image, then click on resulting image to enlarge it (at least this is how it works on my computer).

 

[Wake31]

Hey Guys,
I found a few new projects yesterday!
1 Collins Homesteader
1 W. Germany Rahn double bit, with old tobacco tin made into a shield near the head
2 boys axes - 1 from Sweden and 1 unknown but has a mark ( need to research)
1 True Temper Welland Vale pick axe

 

[300Six]

Sorry I doubted you Steve. Jersey it is! Now I did hear tell that Plumb made 200 different axe heads before the war (mind you one pattern would have 4-5 different weights) so prospect of pre-war Rockaway cannot entirely be ruled out, yet.