It followed me home (Part 2)

Two snow & nealleys. A somewhat uncommon weight / size on the double - 2 3/4lb.
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garry3 said:
Likely making it unsafe to use.
Mojo I will swap you a Flint Edge in interest of your personal safty.
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My daughter would kill me if I traded it. I'm also not allowed to call it a "Boy's" axe. :D

If I ever find another at a good price I'll grab it and let you know.

It's interesting stuff I don't recall a Lion stamp ever showing up and you have two of them.
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We also get True Temper Black Prince axes showing up once and a while. I get the impression we weren't shipping much of anything south back then even though Niagara Falls is literally spitting distance from where they were made.
 
rjdankert said:
Looks like a date on that dbl. Can you read it? I copied your photo and enlarged it, but it didn't help.

Thanks,


Bob
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October 1, 1953. This is the second SN axe with a similar dating stamp

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- the other was 10/1/1952.


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Mojo, I come across Canadian made axes very rarely. They seem to be even more rare than some of the east coast patterns that have to travel a lot further.

Cooperhill, that is a real sweet DBL Bit. Unusual weight. Does it have a full size eye?
 
I got this today for $25. It looks pretty perfect except for being cleaned. I like the visible pattern in the body. Looks like wrought iron. It's got about an 8" edge.

 
Yep,a neat carpenter's axe for sure.
It is indeed "wrought iron",a meaningless term technically,only indicating that the material was obtained by a so-called "puddling" process,whereby extra Carbon was burned out of pig-iron by extended re-heating.
Beautiful cutting edge,and that added poll-plate,those are what the "cast steel" in the stamp refers to.
Neat to see the manner in which the material was deformed in the mfg. process.....Thanks for posting this.
 
jake pogg said:
Yep,a neat carpenter's axe for sure.
It is indeed "wrought iron",a meaningless term technically,only indicating that the material was obtained by a so-called "puddling" process,whereby extra Carbon was burned out of pig-iron by extended re-heating.
Beautiful cutting edge,and that added poll-plate,those are what the "cast steel" in the stamp refers to.
Neat to see the manner in which the material was deformed in the mfg. process.....Thanks for posting this.
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I figured, thanks. It is neat to be able to see how the forging process went based on the fiber patterns. Also, this has an inserted bit which is nice.

This head weighs 6lb and is nearly 11" long with a nearly 8" edge. It looks like an extra wide mast axe to me.
 
would any of you happen to know if council replacement handles are the same as the handles on their axes? it'd make sense but i wanted to make sure before i buy one, i'v got a kentucky comin in the mail and i wanted a nice handle for my first "over-sized" axe
 
Square_peg said:
That is an amazing piece, JB. It would stay in my collection for sure. Great masting axe.
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I made a 2 hour round trip drive to get it for $25. No one else but you guys would understand why that made sense.

What handle makes sense? 20"?
 
jblyttle said:
What handle makes sense? 20"?
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I typically see them longer than that.

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That 3rd one had an offset handle with a double beveled blade. More common is like the second one with the upturned haft to get your hands away from the hewing so you don't bark your knuckles.
 
phantomknives said:
would any of you happen to know if council replacement handles are the same as the handles on their axes? it'd make sense but i wanted to make sure before i buy one, i'v got a kentucky comin in the mail and i wanted a nice handle for my first "over-sized" axe
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They should be the same as the current handles on their axes. The Council handles I've bough have all fit my Council heads very well. However, I have a vintage head that came with a handle that is no longer available.
 
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Less than 25$ I cane home with these. The Collins hasn't been touched and is solid. The plumb roofers hatchet needs some work and I think I can Save the haft. The small Vaughan I thought was cool and i don't have one. The other roofers hatchet on the bottom left I can't find a makers mark so we will see after a wire wheel session. Can anyone tell me or have any info on that Collins ? I know it's not to old like some of the Collins I have found before. Still looks like it would be a great user for camping.
Great finds everyone
 
with the upc symbol it has to be post Mann buyout. The flat handle makes me think 90's or later and likely made in Mexico. Sorry.

The Vaughan lathing hatchet is pretty cool. It looks like an older model. The tops of the polls were flattened so you could nail the top lathe next to the ceiling.
 
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