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...There is a Northern King single bit in there also and I can't remember who made them. Maybe some one here knows?
Northern King was a brand from Marshall Wells.
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...There is a Northern King single bit in there also and I can't remember who made them. Maybe some one here knows?
I drool over the short handle Connecticut's you guys find. Just not something I see very often.
And the double bits are quite common out here.
There is a Northern King single bit in there also and I can't remember who made them. Maybe some one here knows?
Northern King was a brand from Marshall Wells.
But Marshall Wells was just a distributor not a manufacturer. Many of their axes were made by Welland Vale - the Canadian subsidiary of True Temper.
Went out today and stopped a place known for used "tools". There were about 12 recently rehung double bit axes. The pics of the wedge on this one is representative of all of them that were there.
I purchased this one and a boy's axe; originally red, ridged eye, handle looks old, if not original, for a negotiated price. Not a huge fan of the "swamping"/"reversible" pattern but I have a growing collection of True Temper Kelly Works Flint Edge going.
My prize in the True Temper is a Connecticut pattern from JBlyttle actually- very good guy on and off the forum. Note.
Anyway, here is what followed me home:
Marked "4" as well. Haven't seen too many TT double bits at 4lbs. The handle doesn't have prime grain but it is hung solidly and looks to have BLO/other applied.
Curious, why the dimple?
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Yes, but they had high standards.
For sure. Marshall Wells is good stuff.
At first I thought that the partial mark was the fairly standard "Warrented" etc, but now I think that this is a Warren axe and that the logo is:
Warren
A&T CO.
Warren, PA.
Warren's logo reads 'WARREN-TEED'.
Garry - cool anvil, good story on it. Great picture with them together- big vice in the background? - looks like some work gets done in your shop.
Like this.
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