It followed me home (Part 2)

Old Axeman said:
phantomknives--very nice little plain or peg tooth saw. That tooth pattern is hard to find in usable condition.
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i think i may need a larger triangular file, and i hope it cuts better on wet wood because it was pretty slow on some dry pine.

I'v been looking for a nice one ever since miller posted his a while ago, mainly because i hate rakers.
 
Old Axeman said:
Jasper33- the handle you asked about is an Adze handle. I cant see the shape of the complete handle--It could be a carpenter adze handle or a shipwrights adze handle.
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I took a look again and I see it now. At first I thought it was way to thick for an adze, thanks
 
phantomknives said:
i think i may need a larger triangular file, and i hope it cuts better on wet wood because it was pretty slow on some dry pine.

I'v been looking for a nice one ever since miller posted his a while ago, mainly because i hate rakers.
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How is the set on the teeth? The picture makes them look like it is pretty flat. I have learn a good set can make all the difference. I went to the post office today and they had already closed! My wife is going to take a few things to work with her and print out a shipping label for the ups guy!
 
Brian Rust said:
How is the set on the teeth? The picture makes them look like it is pretty flat. I have learn a good set can make all the difference. I went to the post office today and they had already closed! My wife is going to take a few things to work with her and print out a shipping label for the ups guy!
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Glad you asked, it sets just like any handsaw but I got the chance to use my big sets. I used my big ol 1879 pattern morrils 3A on that saw
 
I am surprised they have that labeled for a grub hoe. Grub Hoes that I am familiar with have that adze shape but have a oval eye, check out "Link- Curved Grub Hoe Handle" The handle in question, in the first partial photo, sure looks to fit a rectangular shaped eye like a adze. If the eye is rectangular shaped it would fit a wildlands fire fighting tool called a "Warwood Forest Adze Hoe", which some people called a Grub Hoe. Just saw J.B.'s post on Sunday, he found a Forest Adze. It is the one all the way on the right in his picture.
 
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maddawg308 said:
Only have a couple things to show off, the result of a couple flea market stops over the last month. Got a "Collector's Guide to Axes Price Guide", dated in the 1970s but a good reference. Also a half-filled tin can of Minnesota brand linseed oil, no zip code on it for the mfr's address so it's gotta be 50 years old or more.

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The axe heads are: left to right - USA-marked True Temper "Flint Edge", an unmarked military head, a Craftsman head, and a Collins hatchet head. All have minimal damage to the poll, and plenty of working edge on each.

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A couple weeks ago I posted a “USA marked” Flint Edge I found. I first found it with thick OD green paint all over it. I bet if you strip that green paint off you will find a mark. That paint is so thick it can easily cover up any signs of a mark.
 
Warwood still sells those adze eye grub hoes. At least, that’s what the Washington Trails Assoc calls them.
 
First thing I've ever had to have that was "made in China". 15 bucks and for some reason I'm drawn to it! Cool crate hammer.
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Its odd, you can see looking at the back that there was a layer added to the whole outside of the tool. Maybe better steel? Just interesting and obviously hand made. Strikes me as being from a time when made in China didn't mean whay it does today.
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anyone have any idea when this was made? I sure don't. Seems like maybe 30's or 40's but who knows!
 
I just checked the net and Warwood still calls the tool in question a "Forest Adze Hoe". U.S. Forest Service, at least while I was on a Hotshot chopper crew in Colorado, called the tool Forest Adze just like what the manufacturer -Warwood- called their own tool.
 
Steve Tall said:
Lee Valley sells a similar tool, with this written in the description:

"A tough, ugly tool that is perfect for the person whose usual solution to a problem is to use a larger hammer. Also ideal for the person who tends to leave tools out in the rain. This one can't get much uglier."

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I have one of those, and they are indeed ugly!
 
A few things I picked up lately.

A fairly large 48oz ball peen and a really tiny anvil. The saw is beyond repair but I just liked the look of it.

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And then there’s this other thing with a 3 edged blade, maybe some type of reamer? I’m curious as to what it is actually used for if anybody knows,

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Jasper33 said:
[...] then there’s this other thing with a 3 edged blade, maybe some type of reamer? I’m curious as to what it is actually used for if anybody knows,

thanks

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Killing. At least, claim so in an auction on "the big site"; list it as the prototype of this, a long-lost secret Fairbairn design that your grandpa used to silently kill Nazis:

 
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