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It followed me home (Part 2)

fishiker said:
Picked this double bit up several weeks ago covered in rust to the point no identification was noticeable. A few minutes with a wire brush and behold, a 2 1/2 lb. Sager. The previous owner followed the idea of keeping one edge sharper than the other. Only problem is the less sharp side looks like it has seen plenty of rocks, nails, and other hard objects. Pretty sure it will clean up okay but it may take a few hours with a file to return it to its glory days.
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That's great! Uncovering a little identification is always super exciting but a stamp as clear as that is finding treasure. Great score!

Steve Tall said:
That stamp, especially with the font used for the word SAGER, looks like this one shown at YesteryearsTools, said to be:
"Stamping used by Collins & Co. 1950 - 1955"
... presumably at the Warren facilities that Collins bought in 1950, before Collins closed it down for good in 1958 (according to YesteryearsTools).

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That is great investigative work. That is a piece of Collins history I only remember reading now that you have posted that information. Thanks!
 
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Steve Tall said:
That stamp, especially with the font used for the word SAGER, looks like this one shown at YesteryearsTools, said to be:
"Stamping used by Collins & Co. 1950 - 1955"
... presumably at the Warren facilities that Collins bought in 1950, before Collins closed it down for good in 1958 (according to YesteryearsTools).

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Thanks for the info. I should have taken a before and after pic. The rust was bad.
 
Great set of arch punches. I've never seen so many all together.

I'm surprised that you found a plane-axe in the wild. I don't think they were around for long before they went bankrupt. I've seen a couple before.

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Found these at a little shop in the city. Hatchet is a Woodslasher that is pretty nice. Has a little bit of a sticker on it with the red paint and eye ridges. Then the other is a no name. Has a boys axe size eye on a 24” handle. Bad mushrooming but the bit is good some toe wear but that can be fixed. Thanks for lookin! Has anyone seen a boys axe in that pattern?
 
It is maybe 1/16 at the edge and slowly gets wider. It’s not a very thin bit but also not something that looks like it has been worn out and ground back a lot.
 
Well that head on the 24” handle was an old overcoated head. Doesn’t have much life left at all. The handle was amazing though....



I hung a 2lb German head on it and it was a dream. Then it broke haha. So I got a 24” template now!
 
here's what i got from my weekend in W.VA, everything was so expensive.

Theres a Disston, an extra Nib for my scythe, a nice grinder that i have plans for, (flywheel and engine), a european scythe and a New old stock austrian brush blade. anybody know how to remove the rust without removing the lettering? The picture isnt flattering, it actually still has the factory edge on it and a little bit of a label.

oh and a bit of coal!
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phantomknives said:
...a european scythe
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That looks like a European scythe blade attached to an American snath. I wouldn't use that 32" blade (I originally thought it was stamped 36") with that snath. It "belongs" on a good quality European snath, used by someone who's going to be peening the edge to maintain it. I think it's a "Schwanen Sense" made by the now-defunct Redtenbacher of Austria, and they are pretty special blades, as described here. You could probably sell or trade it for any American scythe blade you want, and then some.
 
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Steve Tall said:
That looks like a European scythe blade attached to an American snath. I wouldn't use that 32" blade (I originally thought it was stamped 36") with that snath. It "belongs" on a good quality European snath, used by someone who's going to be peening the edge to maintain it. I think it's a "Schwanen Sense" made by the now-defunct Redtenbacher of Austria, and they are pretty special blades, as described here. You could probably sell or trade it for any American scythe blade you want, and then some.
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sorry, i should have had a better picture of it, it's definitely european through and through,.

thanks for the info though!

Edit, looking at some european snaths, it seems the forward handle was broken and then replaced with a nib
 
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