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Spending time here looking all the stuff everyone else is finding has helped me spot a deal here and there. The top down view was what caught my eye. This one was $15 plus shipping, so a little less than $25.
Thank you, I was delighted to get it. Yes, the haft is most likely original. It stays pretty consistent just shy of 1 1/4" all the way up to about 7" from the head then it starts fanning out.Holy crap! That's a nice axe and a great haft, too! Do you think the haft is original? Craftsman 'singsong' stamp with phantom bevels. Lots of steel remaining beyond the bevels. Gotta love that.
If you feel ambitious it would be nice to know how the cross section of that haft measures at various points along it.
Yeah you've got the right idea. What I do with those is use 3 different size drill bits. Increasing in size while decreasing in depth. Those plumb half hatchets are nice. And yours looks nice too and looks to be on the original stick. It'll clean up very well! Great find!
Right on, I had a small step bit it worked pretty well. I left the handle alone for once. Just hung it about a 1/2" lower to get into some better wood. Thanks for the info and the pic! You got a nice looking Plumb there!Yeah you've got the right idea. What I do with those is use 3 different size drill bits. Increasing in size while decreasing in depth. Those plumb half hatchets are nice. And yours looks nice too and looks to be on the original stick. It'll clean up very well! Great find!
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Cool! We have a mutual interest in finding out more.^^^^
I just bought one of those on ebay minus the sticker. Didnt know what it wad but it looked cool.
The label looks similar to one from 1910 Biddle CatalogCool! We have a mutual interest in finding out more.
Huh, thank you very much for that reference!The label looks similar to one from 1910 Biddle Catalog
https://archive.org/details/BiddleHardwareCoCatalog1910/page/n53/mode/2up
Yeah, that’s a great one!Short history of the McKinnons. Pretty sure not new information for some of you geeks.
https://www.craftsofnj.org/images/sitemedia/toolshed/Tool Shed No177-201409.pdf
Short history of the McKinnons. Pretty sure not new information for some of you geeks.
https://www.craftsofnj.org/images/sitemedia/toolshed/Tool Shed No177-201409.pdf
Thanks! Flea market find. I'm not particularly pleased with the 5 minute sharpening job the guy put on it; at least it appears to have been done with a file. I'd much rather have found it untouched on the bits, but he didn't butcher it so all is well. The hang was so horrible I immediately removed the head when I got home. Im thinking the TT haft is actually for a smaller DB head, so not original to this Flint Edge but that's ok it's still a great handle I can put a 2.5 lb head on in the future!Wow, those are both clean! Nice find!
Nice yours is in GREAT shape! Its the size of the eye that makes me think it was meant for a smaller DB. There was a poor attempt at added filler wedge on one side of the eye that I basically pulled out with my fingers. Gaps on bottom of eye as well. I think I'll save the haft for a future project of a smaller DB that fits better. Length is 32.5" as it sits. You can see that the head was sitting lower than the shoulder, and he just attempted to wedge it like that.