It followed me home (Part 2)

Always awesome to view your hauls jb

I think I was given a rafting head today..?

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Miller '72 said:
Always awesome to view your hauls jb

I think I was given a rafting head today..?

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Ultra thick Dayton.
Any markings on it ?
If not then it's probably just a more modern cheap import.
If the steel isn't the best you could still give it a steep edge and use it as a splitter.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Ultra thick Dayton.
Any markings on it ?
If not then it's probably just a more modern cheap import.
If the steel isn't the best you could still give it a steep edge and use it as a splitter.
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Ya, no markings of any kind unfortunately.
I thought using it as a splitter would do nicely too.
What might I look for to indicate this as a more modern import with cheaper and poor steel?
Thanks
 
Miller '72 said:
Ya, no markings of any kind unfortunately.
I thought using it as a splitter would do nicely too.
What might I look for to indicate this as a more modern import with cheaper and poor steel?
Thanks
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The red flags you want to look for are having flat cheeks, and being really fat / thick in the bit. If it's really roughly ground such as this, that shows that the manufacturer didn't spend a lot of time on it ( indicating it being a budget tool ) but doesn't necessarily tell anything about steel quality or where it was made.
Take a file to the bit, then do the same to one of your old name brand axes and compare the two.
If this one seems way easier to file it's a lot softer.


Btw in case you didn't already know, that sledge is a woodings Verona made in 1996. I know because I've got a US 94 4lb driller.
 
Hickory n steel said:
The red flags you want to look for are having flat cheeks, and being really fat / thick in the bit. If it's really roughly ground such as this, that shows that the manufacturer didn't spend a lot of time on it ( indicating it being a budget tool ) but doesn't necessarily tell anything about steel quality or where it was made.
Take a file to the bit, then do the same to one of your old name brand axes and compare the two.
If this one seems way easier to file it's a lot softer.


Btw in case you didn't already know, that sledge is a woodings Verona made in 1996. I know because I've got a US 94 4lb driller.
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Thanks for the help and tips!

I didn't know who made the sledge but thank you again. I recognize the US and 96 from a splitting wedge I have but also hadn't yet looked into the manufacturer.
Thanks H&S, very cool.
 
Interesting find. It certainly has thick eye walls but doesn't have the typical rafting profile of bevelled corners, but that doesn't mean much. If an edge chips rather than deform when it's struck it's hardened. Or if you can dimple the top surface with punch or ball peen hammer or actually get a file to bite then the poll is not hardened. No point in guessing!
 
300Six said:
Interesting find. It certainly has thick eye walls but doesn't have the typical rafting profile of bevelled corners, but that doesn't mean much. If an edge chips rather than deform when it's struck it's hardened. Or if you can dimple the top surface with punch or ball peen hammer or actually get a file to bite then the poll is not hardened. No point in guessing!
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Thanks 300
I will give all the suggestions a try tonight, I don't like to guess much either.
The pole has some mushrooming and there are two bevelled corners left on the underside/shoulder side...but mushroomed over from the top corners so can't tell if the top corners were ever bevelled.
The mushrooming, if I am learning correctly, seems to be an indicator that the pole is not hardened.
Also the bit does seem softer to the file compared to the Collins Legitimus.

Thanks guys
 
Miller '72 said:
Dropped my boys at school, scraped and painted the dining room, hit a tag sale at noon today...

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That's a great little haul there.
I especially like the Disston handsaw ( should be 40's or earlier ), the big 4 in hand, the red axe, and that sweet hatchet underneath it.
It's got such a nice slim handle on it as does that axe.
 
Hickory n steel said:
That's a great little haul there.
I especially like the Disston handsaw ( should be 40's or earlier ), the big 4 in hand, the red axe, and that sweet hatchet underneath it.
It's got such a nice slim handle on it as does that axe.
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Thanks.
I was at first disappointed, no axes or hatchets and I asked, so I bought the sickle, hammers and saws, planes and bits.
I love Disston & Son's saws and their file handles.
Older Stanley tools always grab me too...no sweetheart stamps here today though.
I decided to take one more look before leaving and glad I did.
The homeowners put out several axes that I think his friend was hoarding for himself. The homeowner told him to share LOL!!
He reluctantly grabbed two Plumbs and two Collins on about 28-32" handles, didn't let me see them except I know the Plumb had the lugs like a Jersey pattern, and left me the trio of Collins. I was siked, after all, I can only swing one axe at a time!
Ya, that big four in hand I feel lucky to have grabbed, it's awesome.
 
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