It followed me home (Part 2)

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Glad to get this one. It will clean up good and the handle is in fair shape.
When I find time I'll rehang on this handle, I'm going to leave the mushrooming.
 
Yes they did and you are correct 1Kilo/2.25# but the haft is to long but in good shape. In the middle is a Plumb next is an Ardex, not to bad for a morning walk through the swap meet.
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RICKOFF said:
Yes they did and you are correct 1Kilo/2.25# but the haft is to long but in good shape. In the middle is a Plumb next is an Ardex, not to bad for a morning walk through the swap meet.
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Forum member Curt Hal out of Edmonton did some digging on Ardex products last year and that thread should be around here somewhere. In the 50s and 60s a fellow based in Toronto by the name of Radomsky marketed supposedly Canadian-made Ardex axes/crowbars and other goods and was a distributor for Austrian/German Oxhead axes. Interestingly the maple leaf Ardex logo is a dead ringer for the Oxhead motif!
 
Went to an antique fair this weekend and saw lots of stuff that would be interesting to own and share here but I am trying to show some reserve… It’s harder than I thought.
I did pick this little guy up though:

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Agent_H said:
Went to an antique fair this weekend and saw lots of stuff that would be interesting to own and share here but I am trying to show some reserve… It’s harder than I thought.
I did pick this little guy up though:

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Mann that's nice!
 
Sweet little hatchet. Need to get all that white paint off of it. A word of caution - if might be lead based paint. Stripping is safer than sanding.
 
Square_peg said:
Sweet little hatchet. Need to get all that white paint off of it. A word of caution - if might be lead based paint. Stripping is safer than sanding.
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Now that you mention it, it did taste "sweeter" than most of the paint I am used to...like those Neco wafers, in fact...

That is some good advice Square_peg, thank you by the way. I would not have thought of stripping it as opposed to sending a plume up during sanding or scraping.
 
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I can't believe all the anvils you come up with. Gawd I wish you lived closer.

This one is interesting because it appears to have a 1" laminated steel face. Many quality anvils were only laminated with 1/2" of hardened steel. What's the weight on this one?
 
Square_peg said:
I can't believe all the anvils you come up with. Gawd I wish you lived closer.

This one is interesting because it appears to have a 1" laminated steel face. Many quality anvils were only laminated with 1/2" of hardened steel. What's the weight on this one?
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I know, one day you will just have to make a road trip! :D I benefit from a combination of things, the first of which is just the denser population and longer history of this area. It's why I find so many of everything, it's just that there is more of everything here. Added to that is my love for looking for and finding things. I'm always looking, talking, asking, making contacts. I'm friendly and talk to people, and frequently people will volunteer leads just through conversation. I look on CL, but also talk to people and show an interest in the items beyond just wanting to buy and sell for profit. I frequently buy from people and then have them call me and sell me more stuff once they know what I am after. I love to chat about this stuff and it isn't an act and I think that people like that. Mostly though it is because I am always looking. It's one thing if you want an anvil, finally track one down, buy it and that is it. For better or worse I have the picking sickness. I like finding things maybe even more than having them. So, I never tire of looking, tracking down the next purchase etc. It's like a fix for me. Once I get it I need the next one.

That anvil is a 140lb Fisher-Norris Eagle, made in the first decade of the 1900's. They are one of the brands made by placing a tool steel top into a mold and casting the (cast iron) body in place onto the top. I don't know the why, but this method also produces a much quieter anvil. Vulcan anvils are made this way as well and are also quiet. Both are good, but the Fisher's are more highly sought after and are more valuable. The Brooks anvil by contrast, is a fully cast steel anvil and it rings like a bell. Both are considered excellent.
 
jblyttle said:
...I am always looking. It's one thing if you want an anvil, finally track one down, buy it and that is it. For better or worse I have the picking sickness. I like finding things maybe even more than having them. So, I never tire of looking, tracking down the next purchase etc. It's like a fix for me. Once I get it I need the next one...
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Perhaps we're all still hardwired as hunter-gatherers and this is one way it can show.
 
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