It followed me home (Part 2)

Square_peg said:
I think the railroad spike hammer qualifies as folk art. That handled garden hone/scythe hone is pretty cool. I find ones like that once in a while.

The little site level with the leather case - those are handy if you're excavating for a foundation. Rest it on a shovel when you take your reading so you get a consistent height. Put a mark on a tree or fence post as your bench mark. A good dozer operator can cut a hole as flat as if he'd used a laser level with just that thing. Also good for setting grades in trail work.
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I like the hone too. I see them once in a while but never one this large. That you very much for commenting on the site level. I had no idea whatsoever what it was lol! The one that you refer to a a RR spike hammer I think is an actual hammer. It is a beauty and old- it has built-in steel bolsters/gaurds. Anyway, I have seen that shape before, it may be a metalworking hammer (armorer/sheetmetal?).
 
Haven't decided whether to sell this hatchet or use it. Some of the original paint in the stamp. It may be worth more to a collector than to me. Appears to be the original handle. Needs a little love and blo and a wedge.
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Nice files. What is the 2nd file from the right? It reminds me of those old Heller Multi-kut or Nucut files. Real good stuff. Simonds picked up that line.

Yours is probably legit but be warned that much of the Winchester stuff out there is fake. There's a big market for that stuff among gun collectors. Counterfeits are as common as the real thing.
 
Good eye, 2nd file from right is a Heller Nucut.
Yep, I knew that the Winchester stamp is a popular repro being it is a desirable item for gun collectors and axe collectors. I saw a claw hammer with the Winchester stamp recently but it was sky high at 100 bucks.
 
Well I misread. 2nd from right is a 2nd cut Nicholson. 2nd from left is a Heller Nucut.
 
I hadn't seen that cut on a Nicholson before. Let me know how it cuts. I know the Heller will be awesome. Those are great files.
 
Antique store pick-ups on the way back from the holiday visit. Lots of older logging gear there to be had but I am finding less and less that needs to come home with me lol. I picked up a pickaroon on a trashed handle. Don't know why as I have one on a 36" handle that has picked wood out of the bed of my truck on exactly two occasions.

There was a decent Keen Kutter boy's axe, Collins HB pattern, couple of logging stamps, and a bunch of old-school USA made vises. I imagine it like a corner of JBlyttle's man cave.

Mostly a little spendy for my taste but I did grab a USA TT Kelly Works Flint Edge Dayton and this one:

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Rockman, that is a sweet Winchester. I have the same problem as you do at times though. It might be worth more to a collector.
It looks like a Marbles might have followed you home also. Nice finds.

Agent H, good score on the always useful rafting axe. It seems that axes are just getting harder to find. More people looking also.
 
garry3 said:
Rockman, that is a sweet Winchester. I have the same problem as you do at times though. It might be worth more to a collector.
It looks like a Marbles might have followed you home also. Nice finds.

Agent H, good score on the always useful rafting axe. It seems that axes are just getting harder to find. More people looking also.
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Yep I grabbed the Marbles recently. The blade guard is missing so it was affordable and will make a handy little user. I decided to buy it right after I sold a Norlund hatchet that I had 12 bucks invested in. Made a tidy profit so I figured grab the Marbles with the profit. Here it is after I sharpened it. It's the hardest steel of all my axes. A new Pferd was the only file that bit.
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Rockman, nice Marbles. I have just one and it is pretty hard also. Mine is not the one with the blade guard. I don't know whether to sell it or use it. Thing is I am not sure what the status is on a new replacement handle and I really don't want to ever have to make one.

BTW, my experience with them Pferd files echo yours.
 
Garry is yours a #6 or #9 ? some of the #6 didn't have the swing out blade guard and i don't think any of the #9 had the blade guard.
I haven't been able to find a source for replacment handles. Being as they are still making these in China you would think it would be easy to find handles but that's not the case. I'd hate to have to try to make a handle for one, I've heard of people filing out the ridges to make it easier to fit a handle but that ruins the collectible value.
 
rockman0 said:
...I haven't been able to find a source for replacment handles. Being as they are still making these in China you would think it would be easy to find handles but that's not the case. I'd hate to have to try to make a handle for one, I've heard of people filing out the ridges to make it easier to fit a handle but that ruins the collectible value.
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I've seen an old magazine that shows how to make them yourself -- you'd first have to cut and sharpen a piece of metal to make a sort of scraper/chisel with the right profile, and then use it to shave down each side at the top part of a handle blank, to fit the head perfectly.

A place called gungrip dot com currently has replacement handles for the Marbles No. 9, but they're $35 each.
 
That Russian axe looks hungry- it's eyeing that wood behind it... Don't find those here.
 
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