It followed me home (Part 2)

Spent $12 today on these two. The norlund came from a fire department, where it was used on the trucks. The plumb was in the firefighters cabin.

Yes, the norlund is hung upside down.

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@canadianmojo thank you for the info. I was meaning to try to find out an age on it. No doubt it is addiction. My collection is growing to the point I can't use it all. I just haven't been able to find any old axes in my area but I plan on buying them up as soon as see them though.

Wish I could come across some of the axes you guys/gals do

T2 Tappin'
 
252chevyboyz said:
@canadianmojo thank you for the info. I was meaning to try to find out an age on it. No doubt it is addiction. My collection is growing to the point I can't use it all. I just haven't been able to find any old axes in my area but I plan on buying them up as soon as see them though.

Wish I could come across some of the axes you guys/gals do

T2 Tappin'
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I've got way more cast iron than I use... fortunately for my shelf space the thrift shops clued in and jacked up the prices on it so it's not a nice inexpensive hobby any more. :grumpy:

If you have any other pieces you're curious about I might be able to help, and these guys http://www.wag-society.org/index.php are almost guaranteed to know.
 
Canadian Mojo said:
Based on the logo that Wagner was made sometime between 1935-1959.

Be careful, collecting cast iron can be as addictive as collecting axes. ;)
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I was in north Georgia over the weekend. The local shops there seemed to have an abundance of the stuff. From the 5 stops I made there was enough cast iron cookery to fill the bed of my truck. I however do knot know the value of the stuff so tend to pass it by.
 
I went to a couple of auctions the last two weekends and came home with some rusty treasures. I got all of this for $40. The vise is made in Poland. I think its got a little age to it. I've got another one made by the same company. It was my grandpa's and it's older than I am. Most of the stuff came in a box of junk. I got it because of the 3 blacksmith tongs. The 2 files are USA made and will be good for knives. The large roadkill coyote was an added bonus I picked up on the way home. I'm going to tan the hide and make a quiver out of it.




I liked the shape of these two hatchets. I can't find any markings on the one. The better of the two is a Collins.






I don't know what these things are. Does anyone have any ideas?

 
Slim278 said:
I was in north Georgia over the weekend. The local shops there seemed to have an abundance of the stuff. From the 5 stops I made there was enough cast iron cookery to fill the bed of my truck. I however do knot know the value of the stuff so tend to pass it by.
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Years ago you could scrounge through the thrift stores and find a piece for around $5. Then it started to get popular and the prices went up to around $15+ for anything cast, including the cheap Chinese stuff. Now I only ever see stuff in the antique shops and usually for over $30, but then these guys will try to sell used and in need of complete refurbishment current production Lodge for full retail. What it's really worth is anybodies guess and seems to be pretty location dependent.
 
I found this very crude hand axe in Montana this weekend. It had three large flakes removed. Might have been used to break open marrow bones. There were a lot of buffalo bones around.

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The upper left flake area was either re-touched or suffered several small chips in use.

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It's not high quality fine grained (cryptocrystalline) stone. This was probably a "use once" then throw away tool.

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Canadian Mojo said:
I've got way more cast iron than I use... fortunately for my shelf space the thrift shops clued in and jacked up the prices on it so it's not a nice inexpensive hobby any more. :grumpy:

If you have any other pieces you're curious about I might be able to help, and these guys http://www.wag-society.org/index.php are almost guaranteed to know.
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All the antique shops around my area in Wilson, NC are also in the $40-45+ range for anything pre 1970's and American made. Got lucky today and the man I bought it from said he would bring a couple more pieces next weekend. I sure hope I can stop in and check them out. Thank you for the link also. It's much appreciated

T2 Tappin'
 
osage outlaw said:
Thanks for the information. I have some old saws that I want to try it out on. I need to clean it up first. It's gummed up.


Does anyone know what the thing is with two hooks?
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Looks too light to be a drag hook for logging - the tongs usually face inwards, I believe.

There isn't a shaped or attached ring to connect a line or chain.

Meat hanging or hay use?

Just thinking out loud - don't recognize it but I'm curious as well.
 
osage outlaw said:
Does anyone know what the thing is with two hooks?
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Agent_H said:
Looks too light to be a drag hook for logging - the tongs usually face inwards, I believe.

There isn't a shaped or attached ring to connect a line or chain.

Meat hanging or hay use?

Just thinking out loud - don't recognize it but I'm curious as well.
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It's for riding the sand worms.
(Dune books)
 
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