It followed me home (Part 2)

@beachlogger I sure appreciate it. I think I'm going to leave the original handle on it. Does it look like the original handle to you?

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252chevyboyz said:
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This would be a Mann "Chief" would it?

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Could be a Mann "Indian Chief" (as shown at YesteryearsTools page discussing fire axes):

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I really appreciate the info on this axe. Looks like this was the one of the last labels used in production maybe from the diagrams and the PDF I looked at. Anyone know a date on the stamp that is on the head?

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garry3 said:
Has hat poll been chipped and broken? Is there a hardened poll on that?
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Mushrooming I haven't touched, the previous owner must have hit something hard on only that side. I might try to peen it down with my anvil, I figure if it got that way with no heat it can go back with no heat.
 
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The only letters/stamp I see are the Mann stamp. I got a couple close up pics of the head. I hate to put it on a wire wheel and remove the patina

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Well a family member stumbled upon a deal for me on two German axes. Any info greatly appreciated!
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BamaDADx3 said:
Well a family member stumbled upon a deal for me on two German axes. Any info greatly appreciated!...
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That "S"/snake?/swan? mark has come up before, and has never been identified (if I remember correctly).

The SZ(?) with waterwheel stamp doesn't show up on the extensive list of German tool marks.

My guess is that they were both manufactured in Eastern Europe (even if they were acquired in Germany).
 
Steve's guess at the eastern edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ;) is quite correct.

The larger axe was discussed here extensively in the past;in a catalog of one large German manufacturer,Josef Bratmann,it is classified as a "Przemysler" pattern,so an obvious Czech regional type.

That little side-axe with a key-hole orifice(a typical Austrian axe-feature),....So,both are the type of tool common to a number of regions surrounding Germany and Austria...and east and south of there....
 
jake pogg said:
Steve's guess at the eastern edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ;) is quite correct.

The larger axe was discussed here extensively in the past;in a catalog of one large German manufacturer,Josef Bratmann,it is classified as a "Przemysler" pattern,so an obvious Czech regional type.

That little side-axe with a key-hole orifice(a typical Austrian axe-feature),....So,both are the type of tool common to a number of regions surrounding Germany and Austria...and east and south of there....
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This one Jake?
 
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Yep,i think so(on the Balkan - looking axe).

On the second one,though not sure that any of those USSR factories match the touch-mark,your photo of that Russian axe probably is that very same mark.

So,yes,Eastern Block,one of their factories.....
 
traditionalist said:
Mushrooming I haven't touched, the previous owner must have hit something hard on only that side. I might try to peen it down with my anvil, I figure if it got that way with no heat it can go back with no heat.
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It would go a little easier if you helped it with a little heat though(a little torch maybe). Beautiful axe.
 
Got a couple more last week I haven't posted yet a plumb victory hatchet and a 1951 rixford .

Does any one know approximate age of the victory plumb line ?

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mastermachetier said:
...Does any one know approximate age of the victory plumb line ?
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Fayette R. Plumb II once gave a timeline of Plumb history, including
"1942 -- 'Victory' finish introduced & for duration of WWII"

Steve Tall said:
....from The Chronicle (The Chronicle of The Early American Industries Association, Vol. 37, No. 4, December 1984, pages 70-71, "Yerkes & Plumb" by Dan Comerford) about the history of Plumb, as told (or written) to the author by Fayette R. Plumb II (the grandson of the original F.R. Plumb).

...Some other dates from his timeline that might help with figuring out when a Plumb tool was made:

"1910-1911 -- Plant built in St. Louis, Mo., to manufacture axes."

"1920 -- Plumb changes to trademark colors of black head & red handle"

"1940 -- All tools stamped Genuine Plumb"

"1942 -- 'Victory' finish introduced & for duration of WWII"

"1960 -- St. Louis plant is closed and sold. All manufacturing shifted to Philadelphia."
[YesteryearsTools shows some of the labels associated with the St. Louis plant.]
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jake pogg said:
Steve's guess at the eastern edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ;) is quite correct.

The larger axe was discussed here extensively in the past;in a catalog of one large German manufacturer,Josef Bratmann,it is classified as a "Przemysler" pattern,so an obvious Czech regional type.

That little side-axe with a key-hole orifice(a typical Austrian axe-feature),....So,both are the type of tool common to a number of regions surrounding Germany and Austria...and east and south of there....
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"SZ" stands in Hungarian for the "S" sound; a simple "S" is read as "SH". Just throwing this out there. As for the pattern, yes, you are right, can be seen all over Eastern Europe.
 
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