It followed me home (Part 2)

This didn’t come home with me today but I thought it was interesting. I left it for someone else to have fun with.

I leave more than I take lately.

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Kind of looks like L & I.J White Buffalo Ny.

This did come home with me:

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They are pretty neat. I think the Leach company is still operating so I couldn't say how old it is but it is just cool. Someone had to have cleaned the hardware up and they also put it on backwards if that makes sense. Since I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't sit properly, I flipped it around and it snugged right up where the original wear marks were. Normally when I find them they are just the hardware or the handles are completely unusable - rarely intact.


The adze was pretty nice but I've found that unless I'm careful I end up with stuff I don't use. A lot of this "stuff" is really only interesting to a small group of people. I've been doing more "Catch and Release" for a while unless something is in prime condition. An intact unmarked axe is more exciting to me than a worn embossed one.

I got a bit of a deal on the log carrier but I must have struck the guy as smitten with the adze when I took a picture so he was adamant that it was worth its weight in gold.

Does anyone know if these old log carriers and the Peavey/cant tools used the same hooks? Somehow I have accumulated 4-5 stray hooks and they seem pretty much the same length with variations in the "barb" styles.

Some areas have Connecticut/Maine/Jersey patterns and some have excess log/pole carriers, cant hooks, and swamping patterns.

On another note, I do have an adze that has been puzzling me for a while:

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J. B. McF (McFarland) is the mark. The only info I can find is that Worthlesspoint site and it references a tool maker that operated on the shores of the Willamette River out of Portland, Or during it's early days.

We seem to have accumulated new resources over the last couple of years here on the forums - if anyone knows anything please share. :thumbup:
 
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Man I need to start venturing outside my current to flea markets. I know some of y'all are out of state (NC or East NC to be more accurate) but those are some nice finds. Not very many axes especially double bits around my area and certainly haven't seen log carriers. Nice find on the carrier @Agent_H

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The old honey hole didn't disappoint today. True Temper Kelly Perfect bevel axe, true temper Flint edge carpenters hatchet, nos hatchet, Stanley vise, Stanley spokeshave, Vaughn ball peen!
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BamaDADx3: there's a Euro jobbie in there and you didn't mention what the stamp on that one says.
 
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That looks like a #80 scraper. If you don't already have this, here are sharpening instructions for the blade:

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I haven't started even looking at it. $7 bucks and I had to have it. Sanding these handles is killing my shoulder! Thank you Sir

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I didn't get a ton today but I like what I got. I spent a fortune (for me) on the axe head, $40, but it was a no brainer. I'm going to hang this one.


 
Nice one JB. Every time I find one of those it is beat almost beyond recognition. That one is pretty good.:thumbup:
 
Lions are supposed to live in prides, right?

I found a companion for my TT Lion axe at the antique store and couldn't resist.


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The Lion is a Boys/Pulpwood size, and the 3 1/2 is pretty obvious given the name.

These seem to be a strictly Canadian thing since the only other reference to one that I found is a guy in Toronto. Lack of a country of origin stamp suggests domestic production so that would put the date at no later than 1965 if I understand True Temper Canada history properly. The Welland Vale facility closed up and production moved to the states at that point. It would also be later than the '50's since Welland Vale doesn't show up on the stamp. I have no idea if there are more members of the lion family out there, but it would be kind of fun to add to this little pride of mine if there were.


Unfortunately, the handle is rather trashed, but on the plus side, pulling it simply consisted of pulling out a half dozen nails and giving it a few taps. I think I'll have to look around for a handle that matches the curve and swell of the original because I doubt anybody local has something that I could use.
 
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