It followed me home (Part 2)

Garry that is a great set of finds! The Flint Edge cruiser is a beauty - they all are axetually.

The bowtie or swamping patterns are interesting but don't get that much love.

The shop I frequent here has one of the MWH hand mades but I can't bring myself to pay what he wants for it.

What is shipping like to Europe for something that size?
 
garry3 said:
... a Philadelphia Tool Co that may be the same as Plumb, not sure...
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By 1915 (date of this advertisement), the Philadelphia Tool Company was one of Plumb's brands (after Plumb bought the company).

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from Commercial America, Volume 12, Philadelphia Commercial Museum, 1915, page 32
 
aikonen said:
Garry, the 3rd double bit looks amazing, so does the hatchets! I love the American patterns, I'm getting tired of the Swedish styles, there is little to no diversity in the fleas and auctions here.
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That pattern is real common in my part of the country. We are fortunate here in having so many different patterns a variations on them to boot. It can be challenging to correctly identify the pattern.
 
Agent_H said:
Garry that is a great set of finds! The Flint Edge cruiser is a beauty - they all are axetually.

The bowtie or swamping patterns are interesting but don't get that much love.

The shop I frequent here has one of the MWH hand mades but I can't bring myself to pay what he wants for it.

What is shipping like to Europe for something that size?
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Glad you enjoyed them.
I think you are right in calling it a swamping pattern.

One of them MWHC heads will come to you on the cheap. Your in pretty good axe country.

I looked into maybe getting a trade of axes going with a member from I believe it was Sweden. If I remember right they could ship to the USA cheap enough but the cost from USA to Sweden made it economically un realistic. A shame because there heads are in great demand here and they are starving for ours.

Thanks to all who replied!
 
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garry3 said:
... I looked into maybe getting a trade of axes going with a member from I believe it was Sweden. If I remember right they could ship to the USA cheap enough but the cost from USA to Sweden made it economically un realistic. A shame because there heads are in great demand here and they are starving for ours..!
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I just looked up the current costs for mailing from the US to Sweden (and similar rates should apply to other countries, too). A single-bit axe head weighing up to 4 pounds (including the box) could be sent for $26.50 in a small flat-rate box. A bunch of heads weighing up to 20 pounds total could be sent for $66.25 in a medium flat-rate box (large enough for double-bits).


Priority Mail International® Small Flat Rate Box**More info about Priority Mail International® Small Flat Rate Box
Value of contents can not exceed $400.00
USPS-Produced Box: 8-5/8" x 5-3/8" x 1-5/8"
Maximum weight 4 pounds.
$26.50

Priority Mail International® Medium Flat Rate BoxMore info about Priority Mail International® Medium Flat Rate Box
USPS-Produced Box: 13-5/8" x 11-7/8" x 3-3/8" or 11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"
Maximum weight 20 pounds.
$66.25

http://ircalc.usps.com/MailServices.aspx?country=10411&m=6&p=4&o=0&dpb=0&mdt=2015/07/23%2008:00&dvi=49
 
Plumg boy scout hatchet. The stamps aren't very clear but sure has a nice poll. The bit is sharp too, I don't think it saw much use.
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Couldn't resist this double oval, great old patina, no vinegar or brush for this one, peen the mushrooming, put a light coat of oil on it and re hang.
8" long and a little over 4 lbs.
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You'll be happy to hear that the Boy Scout Plumb (unlike the vast majority of axes and hatchets ever made) has a hardened steel poll. You'll really have to beat on it if you want to try to wreck that one. I don't know about collectors value but new these probably cost 50% more than conventional hatchet versions, if vintage catalogue pricing of hard poll rafting/mining/construction axes vs conventional can be extrapolated.
 
"Got a pair in the mail today"... Must resist...

Those are great looking heads. I have a couple of newer craftsman axes. The only Craftsman oval I had disappeared after purchase. It was a hatchet that needed some love. Believe I missed taking out from underneath the rubber bed liner on my last truck.

I joked with them and said any live ammo they find was theirs during trade-in. I won't see it again.

The cedaresque pattern Plumb is especially nice.
 
Good to know 300Six, I knew the poll was the same pattern as rafting axes and makes sense for a scout axe so they could drive tent stakes.
Sorry you lost that oval Agent_H, don't see them often, i'm thinking the double oval is earlier than the single.

" Got a pair in the mail today"... Must resist. Haha! Go ahead and say it :D
 
Hello,
I have referenced this forum for some time now and thought I'd share some of the things that I've been able to find. I have several new Granfors Bruks axes and love them but have come to enjoy the research and hunt for the vintage axes. Here is one I picked up off of C-list not too long ago.
 
I have seen these called straight peens but it looks like a fuller to me. My wife is helpful but I think this is out of her range at 14lbs. The neighbor boy is interested though and I have planted some seeds gifting him bows and hatchets:D. Maybe in a couple years he will be up to it. I can see where the makers mark used to be in front of the eye but it is lost to time.

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Thanks guys. The welcomes are much appreciated. Here is the other side. The picture is not as clear as I thought but the markings are pretty nice. I don't see many axes on C-list so it was a total suprise.


So if I have another axe to show but would like confirmation on ID an possible age, should I start a thread specific to it or can I show it here and ask for info?
 
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