It followed me home (Part 2)

Looks to be you gathered up some interesting goodies. Did you do this in the era before fleabay?
 
started aggressively hitting estate sales and yard sale here in eastern Washington and north Idaho about 2005 always looking for axes amongst other stuff--sold a ton of them on feebay but never bought any on feebay..bought out quite a few estates also so the collection grew fast--I sold a few I wish I had back but that is the way things go.....it grew fast I have probably 1500 axes or so....lots of them are without handles--I do the water soap reverse osmosis to remove rust then just box them away--2 -5 gallon buckets at a time you can clean a lot of axes fast...
 
rjdankert said:
I take it from the observation above (second quote) that the metal in the axe body can be identified from an image. Do you have any images to share that would illustrate this? One other thing about identifying the metal by looking at an image is that the metal in my axe would be the same down to the edge if the bit were used up?
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jake pogg said:
First part of the question:ABSOLUTELY NOT.
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There may be some nuances I am missing here, but if the metal can't be identified from an image, then it's a conundrum to me as to how one could come to the conclusion that "The iron that was used for the sides is of a rather poor quality;almost certainly it was the remnant of a wagon tyre. . .
Such material,1/2",is not really sufficient thickness for that size tool".


Bob
 
rjdankert said:
There may be some nuances I am missing here, but if the metal can't be identified from an image, then it's a conundrum to me as to how one could come to the conclusion that "The iron that was used for the sides is of a rather poor quality;almost certainly it was the remnant of a wagon tyre. . .
Such material,1/2",is not really sufficient thickness for that size tool".


Bob
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What is your impression when you run file over the edge?
 
rjdankert said:
The iron that was used for the sides is of a rather poor quality;almost certainly it was the remnant of a wagon tyre. . .
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Bob,that was just a guess.
Based on the ragged edges of delaminations on the side of the axe.
Wagon tire being a common,therefore Reasonably(for a Guess!) probable,material,for both the location and an historic period!:)

As far as the bit goes,yes,testing it for the approx. hardness may tell you something,but then again-may not....Wrought iron,a Very general trade term,could and did come in a vast variety of C content,some of it quite high...
The reason why tools made out of it were steeled along the edge was that it's(WI) C content was unknown,And,normally unevenly distributed...But it Can still be quite hard.

On the photo of the left side of the axe the juncture of bit-steel and the body is clearly visible...Can you see if towards the edge that material peters out or not?Often,it's quite visible with just the naked eye...turn it this way and that under some good,natural light....
 
Old Axeman said:
The rocking splitting tools are called feathers and wedges.
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Yep, I recently watched a video with someone using these and a drilling hammer to split huge slabs of stone and it was really cool to see. To think you can drill some holes and split such large pieces of stone with a 3lb hammer is pretty amazing.
 
quinton said:
My son dropped this off to me today. All three of my son's have good eyes for vintage axes, with full bits, in good shape.

This is an older 3 lb. Perfect without eye ridges, and the original handle. Looks to have never been filed.

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That's a treasure sir.
A good eye is an understatement:thumbsup:
 
Miller '72 said:
That's a treasure sir.
A good eye is an understatement:thumbsup:
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Thanks!
I always liked Kelly Perfect's, I guess it's because I grew up with them. The 3 pounders are fairly rare, and all of the ones I come across seem to be older.

Anyhoo..
When you get down to the brass tacks, I wouldn't trade this, or any of my Perfect's to one of those expensive European axes.
 
jake pogg said:
Can you see if towards the edge that material peters out or not?Often,it's quite visible with just the naked eye...turn it this way and that under some good,natural light....
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I went to do that yesterday and accidently dropped it. When it hit the floor it completely shattered. I swept it up and put it in the herby curby for pickup this morning. It is currently on its way to a landfill.


Bob
 
rjdankert said:
I went to do that yesterday and accidently dropped it. When it hit the floor it completely shattered. I swept it up and put it in the herby curby for pickup this morning. It is currently on its way to a landfill.


Bob
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That is weird .. axe that survived 100+ years shutters just by hitting the floor
 
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rjdankert said:
I went to do that yesterday and accidently dropped it. When it hit the floor it completely shattered. I swept it up and put it in the herby curby for pickup this morning. It is currently on its way to a landfill.


Bob
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And this was the head that jake pogg suggested was crudely made and used low grade iron instead of steel? His powers of observation, merely from viewing pictures, are obviously pretty darn good!
 
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