It followed me home (Part 2)

Yankee Josh said:
This is a long post. I hate doing such long ones but I've got some things to say and things to share! I brought another few things home over the past few days. My first hoosier pattern! An old one too. 7"x6-1/2" bit. It's an inlaid bit so there's plenty of life left in it.
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The eye has almost 3/16" taper both in length and width. No makers mark left but it's a real nice one.
Also a 1960's craftsman toolbox given to me by a gentleman I work for. A 1921 edition of Disston lumberman's handbook. 154 pages and is very informative.
These next items mean an awful lot to me... The homestead my father and his 19 brothers and sisters grew up in has finally been knocked down. It's been falling down for decades so we haven't been able to get in there to look around. It'll be burned by the local FD this weekend for training. I climbed through the rubble and found some things that belonged to my grandfather. As I've mentioned before he was a blacksmith and wheelwright. I found an axle end(the item I'm touching) the hub and a collar.
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Also a hook, a "the i-D-l top" shovel handle and an old pitchfork. I'm very happy to have some more items from my grandfather!
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And then lastly I found a "knoxall" #2 flat shovel with a "rivetless socket" while bringing shingles to the dump.
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I've got two more goodies coming in the mail any day too! Thanks for looking and have a great afternoon!
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Loving you were able to get in and score some of your grandads items...absolutely that's the best part.

Now, that Hoosier pattern is hitting in at a very close second best part of your post :):thumbsup:
 
Downwindtracker2 said:
Thanks, I guess that nice boys axe I picked up recently was made by Vaughan. It had the remains of a Craftsman sticker. You never know the life history of the axe , this one had hard spots. Bad grinding ? I had bought a couple of Sunflower brand files, made in India, chuckle, for just such occasion. One axe and the file went directly into the scrap iron bucket. I could have taken it to the bathroom and used it as a mirror. It was also on at least it's second haft , the haft had a Canadian Tire sticker.

I find tracking down the makers, and if possible the when, makes this rust hunting hobby more interesting. I get to see the history of tool making.
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It could have been, but they used other manufacturers as well and without any identifiers it's hard to know for sure.
If it has a stamp like this with the M MFG code for Vaughan then you know for sure it was made by Vaughan ( this started in the 50's )

 
Yankee Josh said:
This is a long post. I hate doing such long ones but I've got some things to say and things to share! I brought another few things home over the past few days. My first hoosier pattern! An old one too. 7"x6-1/2" bit. It's an inlaid bit so there's plenty of life left in it.
7upeVSf.jpg

76PbDDJ.jpg
1xaiSjZ.jpg
MY31D43.jpg

The eye has almost 3/16" taper both in length and width. No makers mark left but it's a real nice one.
Also a 1960's craftsman toolbox given to me by a gentleman I work for. A 1921 edition of Disston lumberman's handbook. 154 pages and is very informative.
These next items mean an awful lot to me... The homestead my father and his 19 brothers and sisters grew up in has finally been knocked down. It's been falling down for decades so we haven't been able to get in there to look around. It'll be burned by the local FD this weekend for training. I climbed through the rubble and found some things that belonged to my grandfather. As I've mentioned before he was a blacksmith and wheelwright. I found an axle end(the item I'm touching) the hub and a collar.
GMUk3Ny.jpg

Also a hook, a "the i-D-l top" shovel handle and an old pitchfork. I'm very happy to have some more items from my grandfather!
vcTdjp1.jpg
iuead9M.jpg

And then lastly I found a "knoxall" #2 flat shovel with a "rivetless socket" while bringing shingles to the dump.
csPpmsK.jpg

I've got two more goodies coming in the mail any day too! Thanks for looking and have a great afternoon!
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That heritage craftsman logo was used from '50-'64, so that toolbox is most likely 1950's vintage.
From then till '73 they used the Crown logo.
 
I'll tell you who IS good at packing an axe...
20190329_144240.jpg ithinkverydeeply! I had already removed a bunch of packing and taken this out of another box when I took this picture... He should give courses. Jblyttle is crazy good at packaging them as well. I've received some crappy packaging before from other folks though.
 
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Packing up my El Lobo for shipping the same way, I’ll affix it to a card that fits the box and stuff padding in around it on all sides.
I ran out of soft wire but after looking at YJ’s handle maybe I should wrap up the handle first so they don’t rub on it...
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I ordered a hammer head online that was just tossed into a 8x10 cardboard envelope for shipping.
The empty envelope with a hole in the side was deliver in a Post Office plastic bag with printing that said “we try to take care of your stuff.”
But since the envelope arrived, the tracking said it was “delivered”, so no investigation could be initiated.
I could have sent pictures to the National lost mail facility and see if it could be found there but never did.
 
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stopped by my favorite stop for saws, i was surprised to find another simmonds! All saws no matter what are 10 bucks there no matter what. evidently a guy comes in there and steals the medallions off saws and pays the 10 bucks, so he knows that sucks the value out of the saw. obviously the jacket is Army surplus and may be WW2 vintage, got it for 35 bucks.
the drill bit is cleaned up a bit now, it's a bruno, i'll have to do some research but i thought it was a home brew from a machine shop.

I got the Book as a gift for one of my welding instructors, he used to build bridges and end of class is coming up.

Edit: the jacket is an 8-51 spec melton jacket made around late '44
 
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phantomknives said:
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stopped by my favorite stop for saws, i was surprised to find another simmonds! All saws no matter what are 10 bucks there no matter what. evidently a guy comes in there and steals the medallions off saws and pays the 10 bucks, so he knows that sucks the value out of the saw. obviously the jacket is Army surplus and may be WW2 vintage, got it for 35 bucks.
the drill bit is cleaned up a bit now, it's a bruno, i'll have to do some research but i thought it was a home brew from a machine shop.

I got the Book as a gift for one of my welding instructors, he used to build bridges and end of class is coming up.

Edit: the jacket is an 8-51 spec melton jacket made around late '44
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Cool stuff!
 
protourist said:
It's been raining non stop for days here. Should give me some time to clean this new one.
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Nice axe-I recently found a Zenith that was also marked True Temper Kelly Works so I’m inclined to think that is who made them for Marshall Wells - at least some of them. They seem like old quality axes and hatchets. I’ve found a few on the Oregon coast, mostly double bits in different patterns.

What pattern would you call your double bit there?
 
Agent_H said:
Nice axe-I recently found a Zenith that was also marked True Temper Kelly Works so I’m inclined to think that is who made them for Marshall Wells - at least some of them. They seem like old quality axes and hatchets. I’ve found a few on the Oregon coast, mostly double bits in different patterns.

What pattern would you call your double bit there?
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I was going to ask that question myself. What pattern indeed? It's 10 inches with 5 inch bits so it's pretty danged large. Is it a swamping pattern?
It looked like this when I got it home this morning.
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