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oh man, sweet find!

I just put together first-aid kits for the two cars and the chainsaw bag.
Need to sharpen that saw chain in prep for the storm. Hopefully it will only see use away from the house...
 
Went to look at a vise today. Came back with this old Plumb instead.

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I like those. I think they would make a great camp hatchet. I usually keep a few nails in my camping kit for hanging things on trees or making tie-off points for tarps. An axe that functions also as a hammer and as a nail puller does it all. The nail puller on a Tommy Axe has less leverage that a claw hatchet's nail puller because the Tommy's poll is so wide. The closer the pivot point is to the nail the more leverage you have.

I have an old claw hatchet that needs hanging. I need to get on that. Thanks for the inspiration.
 
Those old Fayette Plumb anchor brands were of HIGH quality. I bet if you knock on it - it should sound with a great ping sound. Might be tough for a small hatchet like that, but I bet it might.
 
Supposedly a 4 lb. plumb. I thought it said 3.5 after I hit "Buy" I re-read it. Oh well it should be a good splitter at least, being 4 lbs.

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I picked up two lovely Link 28" handles at the nearish-by Ace today. They have very nice shape, full 3D sculpting at the end, etc. Once is a full-size eye, the other is smaller. So I guess I'm now on a quest for a small-eye 2lb head. :D
 
uh-oh, something else followed me home today... A small Warren with the script marking. It feels like a 1.5lb head with a boys-axe-sized eye on a 22" handle. The handle was a full-size eye and it's a little odd. Pix in a bit. It needs cleanup. I hope it will fit on the nice handle I picked up yesterday.
 
$8 at a local antique store. Warren axe. A little bit of damage but not bad at all. Will be easy to pick the chopping side.

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Good day at the flea market today :)

Without any real planning, I got 3 axes in 3 different sizes, including a Norlund, which is a first for me.

Started out kinda ugly, but with good profiles.

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First is a True Temper at around 3.5 lbs. Just "True Temper" on the stamp, no Kelly, unfortunately.

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Next, the Norlund.

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And the Plumb. I'd say about 3 lbs. Just between the other two.

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And all cleaned up, including an old Craftsman 16 oz. ball pain head that was thrown in when I bought the Plumb and Norlund.

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They are all pretty pitted, but with very good edge geometry and lines. It is as if they were not used much but just left outside.
 
Rust aside they look pretty danged good. Clean polls and not excessively filed bits. 3 fine work horses. That's a good haul.
 
You'll love your Norlund, she's a sweet size. Will fit a boys haft. Here's mine;




My two Norlunds on the bottom, my Norlund head on a boys axe haft.

 
I don't think it will have a significant effect on the bit once you have profiled it. I might smooth out the top of the head a little with a grinder or flap disc. More cosmetic than anything. Now that being said, she wouldn't be my go to axe, cosmetically speaking.

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Thanks. Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting that Norlund on the one boy's haft I have right now. Will be my first in that size.

Any idea who made the Norlunds and how the steel is?
 
John Frankl said:
Thanks. Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting that Norlund on the one boy's haft I have right now. Will be my first in that size.

Any idea who made the Norlunds and how the steel is?
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Mann Edge Tool Co from Lewistown Pa made them, and they are highly sought after these days. The older ones were of high quality, while the newer ones, say those from the 80s are suspect at best.

Here is my newest Norlund - NOS in original package(yes I removed it from its original package) - all things considered by todays standards - this thing is junk overall. The sheath is garbage, just junk leather, and the head has a tiny plastic(not paper) on it, and the haft has so much lacquer on it, it actually makes me laugh. Oh well.

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Operator1975 said:
Mann Edge Tool Co from Lewistown Pa made them, and they are highly sought after these days. The older ones were of high quality, while the newer ones, say those from the 80s are suspect at best.

Here is my newest Norlund - NOS in original package(yes I removed it from its original package) - all things considered by todays standards - this thing is junk overall. The sheath is garbage, just junk leather, and the head has a tiny plastic(not paper) on it, and the haft has so much lacquer on it, it actually makes me laugh. Oh well.

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Love the norlund hate. Never liked mine (traded it). Didnt like the balace, the geometry (flat cheeks), or the steel very much. I have a Snow & Nealley hudson bay that is made the way it should be-- short fat bit, wicked poll, good steel. Leaves that norlund in the dust.
 
G-pig said:
Love the norlund hate. Never liked mine (traded it). Didnt like the balace, the geometry (flat cheeks), or the steel very much. I have a Snow & Nealley hudson bay that is made the way it should be-- short fat bit, wicked poll, good steel. Leaves that norlund in the dust.
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I enjoyed my Norlund boys axe right until I tried seriously using it. You covered my gripes exactly. :)
 
Interesting. Good thing everyone on Ebay seems to love em. Might just sell this one and look around for a Kelly:)
 
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