It followed me home

VintageAxe · Feb 25, 2013

I've been slack on the photo posting, so here's some of the highlights from my wintertime junkin':

clockwise from top left: John King boy's axe (actually I htink I've had this for a while), Norfolk and Western RR Connecticut, True Temper Tomahawk, Crafstman Connecticut, Flint Edge Baltimore Kentucky type, AmericanAx Jersey, two maine axes, about 3 pounds, that have had the makers mark ground off in spite of very little use, Emerson and Stevens, and a PV wedge pattern with a hardened poll. The chisel is a 1.5" Douglass Mfg mortise chisel. Close ups to follow.

Also snagged this pile of brace bits.

And this brace next to a 6 pound Kelly World's Finest.

Most of it wasn't a screamin' deal but I would say overall the winter's been a pretty fair bargain for me.

VintageAxe · Feb 25, 2013

These are pretty self explanatory...

G-pig · Feb 25, 2013

Nice stuff. Where do you all those Maine patterns?

cooperhill · Feb 25, 2013

these handles always follow me home. local (made in Maine so I'm told). Sold in lots of locales in Northern New Hampshire and the lakes region.

bearhunter · Feb 25, 2013

Very nice Vintage :thumbsup:

It's been a slow winter around here, I haven't been able to find hardly anything in town

bearhunter · Feb 25, 2013

cooperhill said:
these handles always follow me home. local (made in Maine so I'm told). Sold in lots of locales in Northern New Hampshire and the lakes region.

Nice Coop

I guess that there use to be a fellow in Lewiston, MT that made axe handles. He would go around and sell them at pawn shops and such.
I was told that no one has heard from him in awhile. I guess he was pretty old, so who knows.
I sure wish someone else would start making some around these parts.

moosecreektrails · Feb 25, 2013

bearhunter said:
Very nice Vintage
It's been a slow winter around here, I haven't been able to find hardly anything in town

Bear check the pawn in lolo after the 5th, I will leave you something

bearhunter · Feb 25, 2013

moosecreektrails said:
Bear check the pawn in lolo after the 5th, I will leave you something

Thanks Moose

Square_peg · Feb 26, 2013

VintageAxe said:
I've been slack on the photo posting, so here's some of the highlights from my wintertime junkin':

Holy crap, Vintage. You've had a good winter. I haven't been out picking for months.

VintageAxe · Feb 26, 2013

G-Pig, I got lucky on fleabay sometime after we traded. Though some of those connecticuts and jerseys were local so I guess there was a little migration of those northern axes down south back in the day.

John Frankl · Feb 26, 2013

Nice haul!

I'm just waiting for March when some of the flea markets reopen.

But this April I'm headed for Kalispell, MT! Any suggestions around there?

bearhunter · Feb 26, 2013

John Frankl said:
Nice haul!

I'm just waiting for March when some of the flea markets reopen.

But this April I'm headed for Kalispell, MT! Any suggestions around there?

I'm just a few hours from Kalismell.

You had better stay outta my territory

I already have a hard enough time keeping an eye on Moose

If its any in my business, whatcha going to do in Kalismell?

John Frankl · Feb 27, 2013

I promise not to go axe hunting while I'm there. Visiting for a seminar/camp:

http://www.straightblastgym.com/camps.htm

bearhunter · Feb 28, 2013

John Frankl said:
I promise not to go axe hunting while I'm there. Visiting for a seminar/camp:

http://www.straightblastgym.com/camps.htm

Cool

If you have the time and want to meet up...
Let me know and I'll buy you a beer

John Frankl · Feb 28, 2013

You're on. Thanks!

bearhunter · Feb 28, 2013

John Frankl said:
You're on. Thanks!

Sounds good. I'm sure we can work something out.
I have no plans except I'm going to be in Boise the 22-24 for this...

http://www.backcountryhunters.org/

Other than that, I'm wide open

Let me know and we'll sure enough meet up

John Frankl · Feb 28, 2013

Wow. That looks like a lot more fun than my event!

screened porch · Mar 1, 2013

I'm through buying axes unless they have stamps on them. Or...
The helve sold me on this. It was at the estate sale of the guy who built the house 50 years ago. It's been used enough to get that glassy smooth feel on the handle, and the neck is only a little messed up from over-strikes. No splitting of the knob from re-hanging. There's some fairly serious rust, but the head will probably still outlast a few owners.

Collins Homestead possibly, from the remains of baby blue on the blade, but no telling really.
Oh, and $5.00- that was the other selling point.

bearhunter · Mar 1, 2013

scrteened porch said:
I'm through buying axes unless they have stamps on them. Or...
The helve sold me on this. It was at the estate sale of the guy who built the house 50 years ago. It's been used enough to get that glassy smooth feel on the handle, and the neck is only a little messed up from over-strikes. No splitting of the knob from re-hanging. There's some fairly serious rust, but the head will probably still outlast a few owners.

Collins Homestead possibly, from the remains of baby blue on the blade, but no telling really.
Oh, and $5.00- that was the other selling point.

I'm with ya on that SP,..
I never really have fooled with unmarked heads, I like to know what I have.
I do have a couple of unmarked heads, but thy were both given to me.
One is a nice little 3# Jersey that was a friend of mines great uncles. The other is a large 4# DB that was my great uncles. So at least I know that they are both old heads.

Square_peg · Mar 1, 2013

There were a lot of unmarked heads made by premium axe makers for resale by local hardware chains who put their own label on them.. I've found many nice axes with no maker's stamp including several with those ridges in the eye that you see on some premium axes. The resale value of a no-stamp axe will be lower but it might still be a very good or even premium axe.