It followed me home (Part 2)

Jasper33 said:
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Thank you for being a gentleman. We both know something like this:
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would've been in order :).

Must be some kind of fancy French cheese knife :D.
 
Old Axeman said:
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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Square_peg said:
Warwood still sells those adze eye grub hoes. At least, that’s what the Washington Trails Assoc calls them.
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Old Axeman said:
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.
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I dig them.
 




This followed me home today! I had to pay up for it a little. $28. I have always wanted one. It came with the two rawhide faces in it and two original replacements. This is the 3lb model I would like to have the 5lb model also. (Keep an eye out JB!!! Lol). The ergonomics in this handle are great!! I wonder how old this thing is... quality of it tells me old but it is in great condition.

I think I am going to make a couple sets of wood faces for it on the lathe also. One set of soft pine and the one set of hard walnut/oak.
 
Jasper33 said:
Mystery solved. I was thinking it was intended for use on wood not metal, mine must be the hollow version of the scrapers above. Thanks Steve
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I have also heard them called scraper scribes. They can be useful for restoring the edge of your scrapers because sometimes they don't need sharpened but the edge has just folded. That scraper will pull them back up. My local woodcraft store used to sell them. Not sure what for, maybe for the reason I described?
 
Brian Rust said:




This followed me home today! I had to pay up for it a little. $28. I have always wanted one. It came with the two rawhide faces in it and two original replacements. This is the 3lb model I would like to have the 5lb model also. (Keep an eye out JB!!! Lol). The ergonomics in this handle are great!! I wonder how old this thing is... quality of it tells me old but it is in great condition.

I think I am going to make a couple sets of wood faces for it on the lathe also. One set of soft pine and the one set of hard walnut/oak.
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That 3lb'er looks mean.
I have had this 2lb'er for a while and have not used it much. Doesnt have the weight...a 5lb'er would be nice I agree.

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Brian Rust said:




This followed me home today! I had to pay up for it a little. $28. I have always wanted one. It came with the two rawhide faces in it and two original replacements. This is the 3lb model I would like to have the 5lb model also. (Keep an eye out JB!!! Lol). The ergonomics in this handle are great!! I wonder how old this thing is... quality of it tells me old but it is in great condition.

I think I am going to make a couple sets of wood faces for it on the lathe also. One set of soft pine and the one set of hard walnut/oak.
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I use mine all the time. I think it was my grandmas. Never weighed it. Maybe 1lbs. It would be cool to get new rawhide inserts for it.

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Chicago Rawhide new inserts are still available.

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My #2 weighs in under 1lb. More accurately, less than half a pound if I could remember this morning any clearer. Its light for sure but I have been grabbing for it several times this week.
 
Brian Rust said:
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.
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I did as you suggested, used some paint stripper a few times to remove multiple layers of green and black paint. First pic shows the axe head in question before stripping (the green painted one), second and third pics show what was underneath the paint.

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maddawg308 said:
I did as you suggested, used some paint stripper a few times to remove multiple layers of green and black paint. First pic shows the axe head in question before stripping (the green painted one), second and third pics show what was underneath the paint.

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Hell ya man!! Awesome!! Some people would say “it’s an axe from world war ll don’t scrape off the paint”. But I would much rather know what I had!! A vintage Mann from lewistown is a great find man!!! From what I understand the military would only use US made products at the time so I would think they would have to be one of the big companies.
 
Brian Rust said:




This followed me home today! I had to pay up for it a little. $28. I have always wanted one. It came with the two rawhide faces in it and two original replacements. This is the 3lb model I would like to have the 5lb model also. (Keep an eye out JB!!! Lol). The ergonomics in this handle are great!! I wonder how old this thing is... quality of it tells me old but it is in great condition.

I think I am going to make a couple sets of wood faces for it on the lathe also. One set of soft pine and the one set of hard walnut/oak.
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I have a nice Garland that needs new inserts. They are still available but so expensive that I never bother.
 
Brian Rust said:
Hell ya man!! Awesome!! Some people would say “it’s an axe from world war ll don’t scrape off the paint”. But I would much rather know what I had!! A vintage Mann from lewistown is a great find man!!! From what I understand the military would only use US made products at the time so I would think they would have to be one of the big companies.
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Thanks, it only cost me $5 for that head so I think I did alright. There was easily 4 coats of paint on it, OD green, black, the back side of it had some hunter green and red. I'm sure it's been repainted many times in it's lifetime. I don't think any of it is the original paint from WWII, so I don't feel bad removing it. It will eventually get rehandled, and restored to as close to original setup as I can get it.
 
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