It followed me home (Part 2)

Couldn't get the photos to upload to this thread so I had to paste links instead. Anyway, all these axes have followed me home over the past 5ish years or so. I arranged the axes in the order of oldest to youngest/left to right. https://postimg.org/image/lufh83pz7/5116fd03/ First off are the single bitted axes. On the far left is a M Stanley M Michigan, next is an unmarked 3 1/2 lb Dayton? Maine?, a newer True Temper 3 1/2 lb Michigan?, a Collins Hudson Bay on a hand made bigleaf maple handle finished with rusty vinegar and mineral oil, a True Temper Kelly Perfect Dayton?, a 3 1/2 lb 1945 Rixford Maine with a N.O.S. Montgomery Wards octagonal handle from the same property as the head, a A.A.T. co Rough Rider ?, a BAKER Michigan?, a future post Plumb jersey from the 'bay, a Kelly Woodslasher from a garage sale, and a hand forged? either worn down 3-3 1/2 lber or a boys axe on a hand made oak handle with a recycled glove sheath. I will cover my hatchets, hawk, and double bitted axes in other posts later.
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Couldn't get the photos to upload to this thread so I had to paste links instead. Anyway, all these axes have followed me home over the past 5ish years or so. I arranged the axes in the order of oldest to youngest/left to right. https://postimg.org/image/lufh83pz7/5116fd03/ First off are the single bitted axes. On the far left is a M Stanley M Michigan, next is an unmarked 3 1/2 lb Dayton? Maine?, a newer True Temper 3 1/2 lb Michigan?, a Collins Hudson Bay on a hand made bigleaf maple handle finished with rusty vinegar and mineral oil, a True Temper Kelly Perfect Dayton?, a 3 1/2 lb 1945 Rixford Maine with a N.O.S. Montgomery Wards octagonal handle from the same property as the head, a A.A.T. co Rough Rider ?, a BAKER Michigan?, a future post Plumb jersey from the 'bay, a Kelly Woodslasher from a garage sale, and a hand forged? either worn down 3-3 1/2 lber or a boys axe on a hand made oak handle with a recycled glove sheath. I will cover my hatchets, hawk, and double bitted axes in other posts later.
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Nice, k
KP Daytons are the hardest Kelly perfect to find, IIRC
 
Nice little, a 4' one man and 6'-6'/7' two man (after 6' it's all tall) find today from a new spot I stopped in to see about axes...they did not have any axes.

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A17 said:
Couldn't get the photos to upload to this thread so I had to paste links instead. Anyway, all these axes have followed me home over the past 5ish years or so. I arranged the axes in the order of oldest to youngest/left to right. https://postimg.org/image/lufh83pz7/5116fd03/ First off are the single bitted axes. On the far left is a M Stanley M Michigan, next is an unmarked 3 1/2 lb Dayton? Maine?, a newer True Temper 3 1/2 lb Michigan?, a Collins Hudson Bay on a hand made bigleaf maple handle finished with rusty vinegar and mineral oil, a True Temper Kelly Perfect Dayton?, a 3 1/2 lb 1945 Rixford Maine with a N.O.S. Montgomery Wards octagonal handle from the same property as the head, a A.A.T. co Rough Rider ?, a BAKER Michigan?, a future post Plumb jersey from the 'bay, a Kelly Woodslasher from a garage sale, and a hand forged? either worn down 3-3 1/2 lber or a boys axe on a hand made oak handle with a recycled glove sheath. I will cover my hatchets, hawk, and double bitted axes in other posts later.
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Awesome score.
To get the pictures here you need to hit the little blue icon at the hotlink for forums to copy it, then paste it here like this
 
Thanks Hickory n steel! Now I'll post the double bits and see if I can't get the photo to work. Same order.
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The far left is my first axe, the cause of my addiction and the source for my forum name. It's a Kelly Woodslasher a friend gave me. It's on its second handle that I've given it, it was just a head when I got it. The first got wrecked then a neighbor gave me a N.O.S. octagonal forest king handle I believe. The letter number stamp is A17. The next head is a ???? (Per)fect in a box from the same neighbor as the handle. It's on a repurposed octagonalized pick handle. Next is another Kelly Woodslasher (I have a thing for them). The pulaski is a Woodings Verona gifted to me by the same neighbor as the head and handle. It's a ex-volunteer firefighter FSS head. The blue one is a Collins full size head that is a Canoe? pattern (that's what ebay calls it) the I put on a Cruiser handle because thats what I got for it, so by golly that's what it'll get. Finally a overcoat style unmarked hand forged head I got for Christmas. It was on a handle less than a week later. The only mark looks like a +.
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^^^ Nice scores, Skipper! That's an excellent claw hatchet - very good condition. I don't see as many Plumbs as I see True Tempers in that pattern. The mortising axe is interesting. It looks to have been originally made that way - not a modification.
 
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^^^ Nice scores, Skipper! That's an excellent claw hatchet - very good condition. I don't see as many Plumbs as I see True Tempers in that pattern. The mortising axe is interesting. It looks to have been originally made that way - not a modification.
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Thank you! Yeah, that mortise head is a work of art and puts a huge grin on my face.
 
I had my first Legitimus follow me home. I found it sitting in a bucket of garden tools at a thrift store. For $13 I couldn't say no. It's a Jersey or Rockaway...pick. I think its hand forged or at least repointed due to hammer marks on the points. The handle was a drab grey when I got it. After 2 or 3 cats of mineral oil it turned almost walnut colored. It could have the top shortened, but I couldn't bear to wreck its character. Any thoughts on when it was made?
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For the final installment in my collection I give you the hatchets(and a machete that sneaked in).
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From left to right in the order I picked them up in. An unmarked machete I made new scales for, a Vaughn half hatchet, an unmarked half hatchet that was $1 I put on a chunk of double bit handle with friction and a metal wedge, M 1 1/4 on a handmade oak handle splashed with rusty vinegar. My personal favorite, a thin profile M 1 1/4 on a handmade ipe handle (Google it, its a VERY hard wood). A (probably) 2-2 1/2lb American Axe broad hatchet on a (not by me) hand made oak handle with a large screw for a wedge I removed and properly wedged, a Fulton Merit Mark broad hatchet on a offset Black Oak handle made by me, and finally a mini hatchet on a soon to be replaced handle that was made from an axe handle. I also have a 3J hawk from probably the 80's on a longer handmade bigleaf maple handle. Whew! I'm done with long winded posts (for now...).
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I had my first Legitimus follow me home. I found it sitting in a bucket of garden tools at a thrift store. For $13 I couldn't say no. It's a Jersey or Rockaway...pick. I think its hand forged or at least repointed due to hammer marks on the points. The handle was a drab grey when I got it. After 2 or 3 cats of mineral oil it turned almost walnut colored. It could have the top shortened, but I couldn't bear to wreck its character. Any thoughts on when it was made?
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I really like that, everything about it.
Garden tool bucket:D...I believe that's a railroad pick-but I am not positive
$13 is a more than fair price for the collar on it alone.
I could not get a clear picture of the mark/stamp...
Have you tried yesteryear tools?
 
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For the final installment in my collection I give you the hatchets(and a machete that sneaked in).
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From left to right in the order I picked them up in. An unmarked machete I made new scales for, a Vaughn half hatchet, an unmarked half hatchet that was $1 I put on a chunk of double bit handle with friction and a metal wedge, M 1 1/4 on a handmade oak handle splashed with rusty vinegar. My personal favorite, a thin profile M 1 1/4 on a handmade ipe handle (Google it, its a VERY hard wood). A (probably) 2-2 1/2lb American Axe broad hatchet on a (not by me) hand made oak handle with a large screw for a wedge I removed and properly wedged, a Fulton Merit Mark broad hatchet on a offset Black Oak handle made by me, and finally a mini hatchet on a soon to be replaced handle that was made from an axe handle. I also have a 3J hawk from probably the 80's on a longer handmade bigleaf maple handle. Whew! I'm done with long winded posts (for now...).
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Excellent gathering A17

I have been admiring your collection these past several days. I especially enjoy your daily teasers and then wham you hit us with a picture of a nice bunch of friends like this.
Thank you for sharing your axes I can't wait to see what you have for us tomorrow:thumbsup::thumbsup::)
 
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The camera doesn't like the faint stamping on it. It sounds too old for something I found but I am guessing it was made from 1875 to whenever they stopped hand forging items. I'll head out to the shop and try to get a good pic and haft a hatchet I picked up if time permits.
 
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