It followed me home (Part 2)

[Hickory n steel]

Doggone-it. Somebody went to all the trouble of burying their hatchet, and you had to dig it up. Now they've gotta go a-feuding again.

Maybe it looks as good as it does because it was buried when the Hatfield's and the McCoy's officially ended their feud back in 1979 in front of Richard Dawson on " family feud " 😁

 

[Rıse 1]

My very first find $6 here in Australia.
Hytest challenger.

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[quinton]

Alkaline soil preserves steel. While excavating a new home site back in the early 90's, we unearthed several pounds of square nails of all sizes. The nails looked to be from size 30, all the way down to #4. All of them were clean and like new, and could have been used as found. The homeowner said he had a pH of 10, and had to constantly add a lot of sulfur to his garden to grow anything. Nice find rockman!

 

[Able_walker]

My very first find $6 here in Australia.
Hytest challenger.

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Congrats! and welcome to the forum....now you have to decide do I need 1 or 2 axes....or 20.

 

[Rıse 1]

Congrats! and welcome to the forum....now you have to decide do I need 1 or 2 axes....or 20.

Thanks mate. There may or may not be a professionally ground at 12.5 x 12.5 with a new spotted gum handle 5lb tassie pattern surprise following the mail man here in the next few days.
This thing is beautiful. And for the price i got it it was a steal.

 

[phantomknives]

cant wait, it'll be the first tas for months

 

[jblyttle]

 

[Square_peg]

I'd like a closer look at that pickeroon.

 

[jblyttle]

I'd like a closer look at that pickeroon.

Do you mean the ice hook?

 

[Moonw]

You're like a magician, pulling incredible stuff out of your hat.

 

[Square_peg]

Do you mean the ice hook?

Yes.,

 

[jblyttle]

This first head looks like a Mann made Collins to me.


The next one has an awesome shape. I don't know the logo.



Can't make out this Mark



The double has some eye abuse but it's old and mostly good. Another maker I don't know.

 

[jblyttle]

And this little guy, I don't know what to do with it. I'm afraid to clean it at all. Is it worth anything, probably not much. Should I just hang it on a nail on the wall?

 

[halfaxe]

That second axe with the logo might be Keen Kutter.

 

[Bradenk1987]

I may be way off but I was thinking that looked
Kinda like Councils stamp

 

[jblyttle]

I may be way off but I was thinking that looked
Kinda like Councils stamp

It looked similar to me before I cleaned it, but it is a keystone with an "A" in it.

 

[Rıse 1]

So this followed me home from the mail box today.
The stamp has been lost and it has been painted blue at some stage of its life its still in great condition.$82 including postage and handling.
Total weight is just over 6lb.
Now judging from the size, pattern, pinned head on both sides and the fact that the seller was also selling a hytest black racer im gonna' go out on a limb here and say i just scored a restored hytest forester which usually go unrestored for 100 to 130.

Edit: forgot to mention the slight bevel/scallop on the top and bottom of the cheeks right before the eye.

 

[DeadFall27]

Picked this old girl up after my thread a while back. She's stamped 4 1/2lbs, I'm debating what kind of handle I want. I still don't have a workspace, so carving one is out of the question. Maybe I'll splurge and get a replacement handle from Gransfors since HH has been letting me down. Then I can use it as a template down the road.

I apologize if these post very large.

 

[tylermack]

Picked up these two yesterday. 4 1/2 true temper flint edge Kelly works Tasmanian pattern and a Hytest challenger boys axe.


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[tylermack]

Both on original handles.


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