It followed me home (Part 2)

garry3 said:
Part of what followed me home today. I actually have 2/3 of the Gibbs . . .
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Great find :thumbup:

garry3 said:
I know the Gibbs is very sought after but not much on the other stuff. The other end of the Gibbs did not show up but at least I have one end and a pattern. . .
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Glad to hear you have at least one end.

Double Ott said:
. . . A Gibbs will start at $250 on the bay. . .
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Here is one sold by a retail dealer:

http://www.jonzimmersantiquetools.com/tools/saws.htm

scroll down to the crosscut stuff. It is item number 11.
 
garry3 said:
I have heat bend handles(and other wood items) a lot. Both steam and dry heat. I very much doubt any one will notice a difference in an axe handle.
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If this were the case then 'ultimate' curved hafts with perfect grain alignment (end and lengthwise) would become a reality. In well over 100 years strangely enough this hasn't happened. Ought to be a good story there.
 
300Six said:
If this were the case then 'ultimate' curved hafts with perfect grain alignment (end and lengthwise) would become a reality. In well over 100 years strangely enough this hasn't happened. Ought to be a good story there.
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Its the cost of heating, steam bending or chemical bending verses lathe turned. The story is just a matter of economics.

Or did you mean that you could tell that an axe handle had been heat treated? Fire hardened hickory handles have probably been commercially available for well over a hundred years.
Man was probably heat bending wood and fire hardening it before they ever napped a stone point.

So I don't know what you are getting at. You think it can't be done? Weakens the wood to much? What?
 
This was from the first guy that I met today. $200 for all. Too many different things to list, but 3-4 Flint edges including a boy's axe, a Collins HB on original handle etc. Awesome stuff.

I met a second guy after that, away from his storage. I showed him this to give him an idea and he dead serious said he had TONS more than this. And old wood chisels. And huge vises. And multiple anvils. The coolest part? He normally scraps. That will stop, I will be paying much better than the scrapyard! :D But seriously, I am daydreaming about getting a bunch of anvils and only having to beat the scrapyard. Holy Crap.

I'm at the point where I am going to start stocking a booth at a buddy's store. I don't have time to document, photo and post on eBay, then pack and ship every single item. The good stuff I will.

 
I don't see that much in a year or more. You can recoup about half your cost with that Collins Hudson Bay in the lower right.
 
halfaxe said:
I don't see that much in a year or more. You can recoup about half your cost with that Collins Hudson Bay in the lower right.
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:D And The Jersey and a Connecticut or two will almost cover the rest.

It's perfect too, the head needs a touch of steel wool and the handle a light sanding and oiling. The Collins name is still clear on the wood. No Maine or Swedish axes in this lot, but tons of quality stuff. There is even a German Ox Head among the hatchets. I have heard of it but it's my first.
 
JB, what a haul. I wonder what is under the rust on that one that is upside down next to the ball peens. Strange size. Like half axe said that Collins will be in demand on the bay.

Not sure what your market is like on old anvils but they are doing nothing but going up around here. I was about 30min to late on a couple of big nice ones this last week end. They are expensive! And there is a large market for them. The bigger ones bringing quite a premium.
 
garry3 said:
JB, what a haul. I wonder what is under the rust on that one that is upside down next to the ball peens. Strange size. Like half axe said that Collins will be in demand on the bay.

Not sure what your market is like on old anvils but they are doing nothing but going up around here. I was about 30min to late on a couple of big nice ones this last week end. They are expensive! And there is a large market for them. The bigger ones bringing quite a premium.
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A few of these will have their identities revealed when I have more time. As for anvils, they are crazy expensive. I have been able to sniff and uncover just about anything that I have been after for pennies on the dollar but for an anvil. I can buy one tomorrow if I want to part with $400-600. I can't do that. I have several possible sources and leads for maybe multiple anvils for short money. I'm confident that it will happen sooner or later. I have my two nice RR track anvils, I can be patient.
 
Fantastic haul...that one haul is bigger than my entire collection at the moment! And it's full of really great quality stuff. Well done.
 
garry3 said:
They are a little proud of them!
Its beyond my skill and tools to exactly produce a replica of the original foot but I can come close enough for my purposes I think.
Thank you for the link!
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U R welcome. When I first found about these long jointer I thought I needed one. When I saw the prices I changed my mind to I'd like one. :D
 
garry3 said:
JB, what a haul. I wonder what is under the rust on that one that is upside down next to the ball peens. Strange size.
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That green one turned out to be a PRISTINE Plumb boy's axe head. Dayton pattern, absolutely unabused with clean edges, perfect poll, eye and edge. A real winner.
 
I'd love to get that one next to the Hudson Bay with the lanyard in the end of it. Let me know if it is ever available.
 
jblyttle said:
That green one turned out to be a PRISTINE Plumb boy's axe head. Dayton pattern, absolutely unabused with clean edges, perfect poll, eye and edge. A real winner.
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Re-hung upside down, too it looks like (at least from the pic it looks that way)! :)
 


Went wandering into the local ReStore a week ago and found this gem. It's a Sager -- a mate for the Sager DB I found there a few months ago. I've been looking for a felling axe for a while, after passing up an NOS Walters (but buying an NOS Walters DB...).

As with my other Sager, I suspect this one was made post-1950 by Collins. No dates, no "Sager Chemical", just the stamp. The head had been hammered about halfway onto a haft that was too big for it. The "idiot who used to own the axe" managed to mushroom the hell out of the INSIDE of the eye without deforming the eye. So the "idiot who owns the axe now" has been doing some careful filing. The old haft was crap and unsalvageable, so I'll fit a nice Link to it (which I know will be too short for a "real" felling axe -- but still a usable 36 inches).

More to come once I get the eye fixed, and take the brass cup brush to the metal.
 
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