It followed me home (Part 2)

[Square_peg]

I'd like to have a better look at the USFS axe. And is that a Collins export axe in the lower left?

IMG_20170829_232731 by Justin Lyttle, on FlickrIMG_20170829_232816 by Justin Lyttle, on FlickrIMG_20170829_232825 by Justin Lyttle, on FlickrIMG_20170829_232833 by Justin Lyttle, on FlickrIMG_20170829_232811 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

Be still, my heart!

Now quit being coy and show us the bit.

 

[jblyttle]

Be still, my heart!

Now quit being coy and show us the bit.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm7FHcYk

 

[Agent_H]

Jeez bit steep ain't it?

Looks like a great treasure trove but only if the prices aren't ott.

That is why I took a picture of it on his wall and not my bench lol.

I've noticed this lately around here. One of them actually said to me, "When I buy it, it's junk, when I sell it, it's treasure!"

If you ask one of them anything about an axe they really can't give you a reason why it is priced like that. I'm also sure that my questions are irritating to them.

 

[Steve Tall]

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm7FHcYk

Now that's an axe that I surmise a lot of us would prefer over a modern fancy painted "Best Made" axe, even if the price were equal.

photo by jblyttle

 

[Hickory n steel]

Now that's an axe that I surmise a lot of us would prefer over a modern fancy painted "Best Made" axe, even if the price were equal.

photo by jblyttle

Prefer it over a best made or even a GB.

 

[jimdgreat1]

Recent estate sale find. Can see no markings on the head just the label on the handle.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Recent estate sale find. Can see no markings on the head just the label on the handle.

This doesn't exactly strike me as being an original haft but I could be wrong.

 

[jimdgreat1]

It's the way I found it. The head needed a little reset. Don't know why a haft would have the sticker but could be a replacement. Here is a full picture.

 

[Miller '72]

IMG_20170829_232731 by Justin Lyttle,

The curve at the throat/end looks amazingly comfortable.
USFS used tool puts it over the top for me.
Great Axe!

 

[BamaDADx3]

Ok why in the world would someone do this to an axe. Picked for $1.00 just because. Any thoughts https://i.imgur.com/iEPwJZt.jpg

 

[Steve Tall]

Ok why in the world would someone do this to an axe. Picked for $1.00 just because. Any thoughts https://i.imgur.com/iEPwJZt.jpg

It's the latest fad?

My guess is that it's the accumulated damage from using it over the years with the toe hitting the ground, occasionally chipping because of rocks, and then unevenly filed/ground back at the toe to make it sharp again.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

delete

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Ok why in the world would someone do this to an axe. Picked for $1.00 just because. Any thoughts https://i.imgur.com/iEPwJZt.jpg

Maybe had faulty heat treatment and kept chipping off

 

[Square_peg]

Swung it into the dirt.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Swung it into the dirt.

More like gravel

 

[300Six]

Lot of miles on that baby! With or without being filed in between. Another one of these instances of 'if only a tool could talk'. Even chopping into gravel would have taken many months/years of Sundays to wear like that.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Lot of miles on that baby! With or without being filed in between. Another one of these instances of 'if only a tool could talk'. Even chopping into gravel would have taken many months/years of Sundays to wear like that.

Definitely.

 

[jblyttle]

Brimfield today, $240 total.

IMG_20170905_193121 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170905_193356 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170905_193435 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170905_193412 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170905_193446 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

 

[junkenstien]

 

[Agent_H]

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Is that a hatchet?