It followed me home (Part 2)

jblyttle said:
This is today, on top of yesterday's finds. It was a good weekend. Scattered in there are a couple of hammers and clamps that I liked the look of. There is a lovely Collins Homestead Board axe, must be collectable. :D Some standard but nice big camp axes, a Norlund hatchet, a Dunlap hatchet, a stamped Plumb BSA hatchet, a beautiful Plumb Connecticut. There is one head that has a distinct mark that I don't recognize, I am curious about that one. It's a slightly different shape, maybe European, will find out. My favorite is bottom right, the True Temper Kelly Perfect Jersey.
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WTF! I am totally dismayed by this sort of post. Where do these magical places exist?
 
Funny thing is I find nd these semi regularly. I do have a way of sniffing stuff out. Before I share my methods, I want to make sure that I don't have any local competion! :)

I'm already competing with the flea market sellers and antique shop guys, they just dragnet everything. All I want are these tools but they show up with trailers and take it all.
 
jblyttle said:
Funny thing is I find nd these semi regularly. I do have a way of sniffing stuff out. Before I share my methods, I want to make sure that I don't have any local competion! :)

I'm already competing with the flea market sellers and antique shop guys, they just dragnet everything. All I want are these tools but they show up with trailers and take it all.
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You don't have to share, I already know I won't be able to do whatever it is here. If you are a bay seller PM me your info and I will add you to my favorites .... er PMs don't work for me I guess. Leave me a visitor message? Whatever.

ETA: NM, I got through the grapevine. Following you now.
 
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Steve Tall said:
I tried to find out more information about the Union Tool Company of Charleston WV, but all I'm finding is that it was one of the brands used by Kelly:

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"List of many of the company brands used by the American Fork & Hoe Co. on Kelly Ave & Tool Works and/or True Temper axes and hatchets."
quoted from YesteryearsTools

References to "Union Fork & Hoe Company" didn't lead anywhere, because that company was located only in Columbus OH and Frankfort NY.
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Union tool company also made shovels and things. Kelly did buy them out. I can't remember where I got the information.
 
It might have been "Union Tool Works" before Kelly bought them out(not sure). They were in Charlston before Kelly moved there.
 
Today's finds. What is crazier? The fact that this was $90?



Or that this part of it was $35? :D
 
JB is the picking king. He finds as much in a week as I do in a year.

That little scout axe with the nail notch looks pretty good.
 
Joe L. Bachs said:
Digging the axe with the dark handle.
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Hmm this is an old one. Slimmest handle that I have seen on an axe this size. 30 inches long.

Underhill Edge Tool Co
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This was in a very old farm house, probably forgotten 2-3 generations ago. Based on it's older marking I think that this predates assimilation into American Axe and Tool. This probably dates it prior to 1890. Nice shape, considering!
 
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JB, you are in axe picking heaven! So glad that all your finds didn't end up sold for scrap. Keep up the good work!
 
I stopped by a place on my way home looking for a longer breaker bar to keep in my truck- odd shaped lug recesses on my wheels.

Came upon a True Temper Flint Edge Kelly Works double bit. It weighs. 2lbs 9oz. As far as I can tell, the edge doesn't look like it's been molested. The paint standard on these or am I good to go with the ol' wire cup brush?

Tiny eye, marked 2 2 - is this considered a "cruiser"? - I've followed the current thread thread on cruisers. Where I grew up they were referred to as "cruisers" as well as a "runners axe".

It was priced as junk so I couldn't leave it there.

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Do you believe it is more recent production as opposed to something older?


*I guess I could read the manufacturing thread...
 
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Yep, that's a cruiser. I don't know when the production of Flint Edges ceased. Perhaps someone else can enlighten us.
 
AgentH, Them cruisers seem to be in demand these days.

I don't think that is factory paint. I have seen TT with red and green factory paint.
Maybe some one more knowledgeable will chip in.
 
Definitely a cruiser, nice buy. Hate to ask but is that a crack running back the middle of the bit toward the eye in the second picture?
 
Square_peg said:
I don't know when the production of Flint Edges ceased. Perhaps someone else can enlighten us.
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A quick search of google books shows 1966 as the latest year with mention of Flint Edge (as current merchandise from True Temper), and there's another mention in 1974 (which might just be a reference to the trademark belonging to True Temper).
 
garry3 said:
AgentH, Them cruisers seem to be in demand these days.
I don't think that is factory paint. I have seen TT with red and green factory paint.
Maybe some one more knowledgeable will chip in.
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I’m with you on the paint colors, just thought there may have been something I was unaware of.

Joe L. Bachs said:
Definitely a cruiser, nice buy. Hate to ask but is that a crack running back the middle of the bit toward the eye in the second picture?
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I believe that is just a surface scratch in the paint. Even at $9.99 I probably wouldn't have picked it up with damage like that. I have several friends who can weld something like that but need to be a little selective about what I ask them to do. I get the eye roll when I wander into the shop with some tool that needs help – none of them share my affection for older implements… They are still confused as to why I would want an OshKosh cant hook fixed.

Steve Tall said:
A quick search of Google books shows 1966 as the latest year with mention of Flint Edge (as current merchandise from True Temper), and there's another mention in 1974 (which might just be a reference to the trademark belonging to True Temper).
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As always, thank you Steve. If it’s out there, you know where to find it.

I have about 15 single-bit handles for the drawer of heads I have cleaned up but only one double-bit at the moment. My next HH order will be for the doubles I have. There is a 30” octagonal handle out there that I could shave down to 26-28”. Figure it would be the equivalent of a boy’s axe sized double bit – little bigger handle than a cruiser, smaller than a full size. Before this little find, I really hadn't thought of a cruiser as an option. Interesting but at the price they seem to go for, just didn't capture my attention.
 
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