It followed me home (Part 2)

Spent 15 bucks and did some shameful carpentry. Still working out flaws, any advice? It looks worse than it actually is...

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I figure it it sands you came out on top...I have the same sander...but I think mine is newer...aka made of cheaper shittier parts.
 
Pawn shop finds. $22.50
The cheeky Bluegrass is like new with an original 7/8" wide, fawns foot haft that has overstrike damage(&%#$) and again, (&$#@) it also has horizontal grain, as it should for poppin' chips like a couch 'tater!

 
quinton said:
Pawn shop finds. $22.50
The cheeky Bluegrass is like new with an original 7/8" wide, fawns foot haft that has overstrike damage(&%#$) and again, (&$#@) it also has horizontal grain, as it should for poppin' chips like a couch 'tater!

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Seems like you have to be reallt careless to get that much damage under a heal that is so low. Nice find anyway!
 
Scored my first Sager Chemical yesterday in a trade with a local axe junkie. Not sure if it's 3x as tough as water quenched steel but it's hard alright! Should hang nicely on a 32" handle, the only weight stamp appears to be a 2 but it feels like 3.5-4 lbs. I've got a lot of work planned for it soon! I think I'll go render some birch oil/tar for a finish and see how that works out for me.

Oh, and a J.P Billings draw knife! Not a new find by any means, my Grandfather gave it to me as he didn't have any need for it (it's now my primary tool for making axe handles and bows), I know they were based in Clinton ME in the 1800s (I think) but I don't know much beyond that, time for some research! It's for sure got a forge welded blade, one handle needs to be replaced but I'll check with my grandad before I do anything with it, the other is good to go, just needs some oiling.
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Went down to the local Amish country flea markets this weekend. Didn't do too badly... 26" Disston miter saw, a neat cone-polled broad half hatchet, a near-mint Bingham's XLCR half hatchet, a Perfect Handle pipe wrench, and an ultra fine stone and a fine-toothed file. The handles were dirt cheap and seem to be good quality, even though the 32" one was full of pin knots.
Heading back down there Thursday to find a guy who supposedly has a 30' trailer full of handmade handles (of all types) for sale.
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Steve Tall said:
A label from the auction site:

OLD YANK
HAMMERED
AXE
ALL HAMMERED
NOT
DROP FORGED
NEW ENGLAND HANDLES
THOMPSON, CONN.

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I have had 2-3 of these pass through my hands. Not a lot of info online regarding these, but I'm betting that New England Handles didn't make these. They have always felt distinctly Maine made to me. Another E&S contract job?
 
A decent way to tell housebranded E&S axes are the markings underneath.Should be an XX (year) and a P or W (temperer). Its not foolproof though, they shared workers and occasionally neglected the temperers stamp.

Anywho. Two Mid Maine S'Nealleys from the 80s. Decent day.
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Not an axe but it followed me home anyway. Maybe I should have posted it in the shovel discussion thread.

Old 5-tine cultivator. It just looked like a quality old tool so I brought it home to try it out in the garden.

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The stamp reads 'PAT. APR. 1401'.

Patent approved? Model 1401?
 
Crazyotter said:
A decent way to tell housebranded E&S axes are the markings underneath.Should be an XX (year) and a P or W (temperer). Its not foolproof though, they shared workers and occasionally neglected the temperers stamp.
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We know who, and we know when.


 
A Champion forge and a 126lb Peter Wright. I also picked up a TT Kelly double bit and a large hatchet, a splitting wedge and 7 Witherby chisels.


 
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