It followed me home (Part 2)

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jblyttle said:
I have no idea what the weird item in the back is but it's heavy and different. I guess I found a home forged crate hatchet of sorts as well.
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Two odd ducks there for sure!

I wouldn't necessarily say the crating axe is home forged. Yeah, it's kinda crude. But crating axes have never been elegant. And it has that weird tiny eye to match the hex bar. The hatchet head had to have been made for that hex bar handle. And the hatchet head itself looks too well formed to be home made. Also the cut between the tines of the fork looks more precise than one might expect if the whole thing were home made.

The other thing with the handles - real head scratcher. The pattern on the open end looks pretty uniform. Do you think that something was bolted on there? Is the other end open or closed? I presume closed since we don't see light shining thru it. The holes thru the handles aren't aligned. This suggests they were made to turn. Do they penetrate the box so that they could clamp something in place in the box? And I wonder why the top is domed.
 
Thanks Hickory n Steel... I agree... this steel is so much better than my last "India"
find. (now resides in buddy's truck). Full disclosure.. I am bummed about the Craftsman
haft ... just beautiful, thin . great match.... attempted to peen tight the metal wedge
and turned a small crack into the Grand Canyon. Dammit ! Already removed... will try
to find a "like" for replacement. I read here where these were made by Vaughan... or,
some were Mann (I think). Worth saving (to me).

Side note... the USA file really gets after it ! Very good quality file. A keeper.

Charles
 
$40! I love finding an old can of linseed oil that is both full and sloshes around nicely in the can. I think I bought my first can 4 years ago and that's the last one that I bought in a store. Everything else, be it a gallon or a quart were all $1 yard sale buys. I'd guess that I go through a gallon a year. I apply it with cheap .5" to 1" paint brushes.
IMG_20180525_182138 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
 
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phantomknives said:
nice connie on the bottom. also, is that a late plumb virginia or is it a good one?
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Great condition, but no name. The awesome Connie head is a Flint Edge, but has a poll crack. Very fixable, but if you have basic welding skills. Best place for a crack IMO. Of everything pictured, those two heads and the mattock head were donated to me, so I can't complain.
 
jblyttle said:
$40! I love finding an old can of linseed oil that is both full and sloshes around nicely in the can. I think I bought my first can 4 years ago and that's the last one that I bought in a store. Everything else, be it a gallon or a quart were all $1 yard sale buys. I'd guess that I go through a gallon a year. I apply it with cheap .5" to 1" paint brushes.
IMG_20180525_182138 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
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I use the foam brushes myself lately.

Who makes that padlock...curiously drawn to that guy
 
Drum4fun said:
Thanks Hickory n Steel... I agree... this steel is so much better than my last "India"
find. (now resides in buddy's truck). Full disclosure.. I am bummed about the Craftsman
haft ... just beautiful, thin . great match.... attempted to peen tight the metal wedge
and turned a small crack into the Grand Canyon. Dammit ! Already removed... will try
to find a "like" for replacement. I read here where these were made by Vaughan... or,
some were Mann (I think). Worth saving (to me).

Side note... the USA file really gets after it ! Very good quality file. A keeper.

Charles
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If it's stamped
= Reg us trademark M =
it was made by Vaughan, the M in this location is the MFG code for V&B. Otherwise if the M is on the back or something it'll be that one found on many axes which is attributed to Mann.
 
Not axe related but i got this Lamson blade for $1 are Goodwill, I also got an awesome American made top grain leather belt for $3.

I'll sharpen this thing and use it in the kitchen, but I'm not exactly sure what it's called.
They currently make an Ulu, but not one of these so I have no clue.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Not axe related but i got this Lamson blade for $1 are Goodwill, I also got an awesome American made top grain leather belt for $3.

I'll sharpen this thing and use it in the kitchen, but I'm not exactly sure what it's called.
They currently make an Ulu, but not one of these so I have no clue.
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Turns out it's their maple handled bowl chopper, for chopping up stuff in a bowl of course.
After about 10 minutes of googling I discovered a knifecenter listing for them.
It must not be easy to locate on their websowe because I had to know what it was called and type it in.
 
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Alas H&S ...no "M" visibly survives on any of the Craftsman hatchet surface. Thanks
for sharing the "tells". The steel quality is very good.

Charles
Hickory n steel said:
If it's stamped
= Reg us trademark M =
it was made by Vaughan, the M in this location is the MFG code for V&B. Otherwise if the M is on the back or something it'll be that one found on many axes which is attributed to Mann.
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Weak as that may be for you, its still a nice haul. Is the one on the far right hand forged?
 
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