It followed me home

[garry3]

Post-optional post vise? This sucker weighs 50 pounds.

The inside jaw has a hole at the bottom, so figure I cold make a post/leg by shouldering a piece of iron, or cobble something together with pipe, or rest it on timber. This thing would probably be best mounted on a post in the ground. Odd bench attachment too, it seems to me. But for $20, I think it's quite close enough to what I was looking for.

Never seen Funk forging vice. Vintage, not at all abused and well made. Infact it looks like it wasn't used at all. Not sure how a leg would work with a vice like that, but if it is designed for a leg and you ever want beat on something in your vice it is the way to go. Unreal bargain at $20.

 

[Square_peg]

I havn't seen a norland like that. What do the cheeks look like? Worth a few bucks no doubt with the original sheath also.

Cheeks look like this.

That's not rust but original copper colored paint on the bottom of the axe and the poll. I paid a total of $60 for the saw and the Norland. I'm quite pleased. The saw owner was generous since the saw will be refurbished for volunteer trail work. He's a good man.

 

[Square_peg]

Post-optional post vise? This sucker weighs 50 pounds.

Great looking vise. I suggest mounting it on a solid steel leg at least 1" in diameter and bolting that to a concrete floor. There's simply no substitute having metal all the way down.

And you could make a mounting plate for it to facilitate attachment to your bench. 3/8" or 1/2" plate would do well.

 

[screened porch]

Garry3 and Square_Peg, thanks-
I never heard of Funk Forging at all, but they're about 85 years old, still in Chicago Hgts Il, now called Funk Linko and making posts for lamps and signs.
The housing will bolt to a bench all right, and I'm sure S_P is right about the way to attach it to the floor. It's a bit awkward that I have a portable forge: everything stores in a shed but has to be dragged out for use.

 

[Square_peg]

If you want to keep the vise portable then you can weld or bolt the vise leg to steel plate or even to an old wheel.

 

[WarnerB]

This is more of a "I followed it home"
I acquired these while visiting family out of state. They belonged to my Grandfather (on my father's side)

Hults-Bruks vintage AGDOR axe. "2¼ / made in sweden"

Collins Legitimus CEDAR.

 

[Square_peg]

I'd call the Legitimus a cedar pattern but whatever it's called that's a fine axe. Great condition.

 

[WarnerB]

Thanks, I couldn't determine the correct name of the pattern so I went with the closest pattern to it. Yep, it would definitely be a Cedar. Glad to finally pin down the correct name of the pattern.

 

[KingKoma]

That unmarked Swede is a pre-Hultafors Hults Bruks "Agdor". I think they had some troubles with the stamp, because you often see them with half-assed markings. If there really is nothing at all there, then its the worst Ive seen, though.

 

[WarnerB]

Yep, just the weight and "made in sweden" from what i've seen so far. Definitely an Agdor though. Thanks for the info.

 

[Diomedes Industries]

Here is one I finished up today:

Had to really thin out the edge to reprofile it and take quite a bit of splay out of the head where someone must have used a hammer to try and set a wedge and beat the top of the eye out of shape. I then had to use files on the inside of the eye to fix that as well.

It is a great little axe now though. Another head SAVED!

TF

 

[TARFU'D]

I was cleaning out my grand mother's garage a few years ago, and she gave me grandpa's set of hammers...most are ball peen, but also included was a Hart Woody 22 oz framing hammer, a 3 lb no name Japanese made single jack and a 6 lb Warren Tools (?) sledge w/ 36" handle. Obviously he was a "Harley" mechanic because not only were there numerous sizes of hammers, but also three sizes of Vise Grips ...Grandpa used to live in Los Angeles back during the war years and the military factories would periodically sell old tools and equipment....I even got an old steel equipment box that was stenciled as spare parts for a 5" ammunition hoist, for the USS Anderson, DD 411 that was sunk as a target ship, during nuclear bomb testing at Bikini Atoll in 1946.

The ball peens weigh: 8 oz, 12 oz, 24 oz, 24 oz, and 40 oz, the Woody weights 22 oz, I have an old handle that I will replace the oz handle with so that old tool can be used again


The big'ens weigh 3 lb and 6 lb

 

[Joe L. Bachs]

This past weekend's haul. A big plumb head with a funny star shaped impression opposite the plumb stamp(freebie), a beat up winchester hatchet head ($2), nice little no name hatchet that needs a new 16" handle I really liked that shape of the bit($5), old police baton ($10), an HRC service axe handle and a used handle. Does anyone know what the HRC in a stump service stamp is? ($6), old blow torch ($9)

 

[WarnerB]

From the swap meet today- Plumb boy's axe head, Plumb hatchet head, vintage boys axe handle, full gallon linseed oil

 

[Square_peg]

Four great scores! Love the look of that handle - not to mention the axes. Both heads are in great shape.

 

[jefroman]

From some flea market / antique grabs from passing through Central Idaho today. Two Kelly Pugets, a Collins Homestead and a Hollow Ground Vaughn. Someone took a grinder to the Collins, the Vaughn is a bit contemporary for my taste, but seems like it'd make a fine user, and the Kellys, well, despite the solid covering of rust, they have next to no pitting and overall great edges. I'd say I made out well for 15 bucks spent.







-Jeff

 

[Deoje]

From the swap meet today- Plumb boy's axe head, Plumb hatchet head, vintage boys axe handle, full gallon linseed oil

Those are very nice. I like the axe heads, but you NEED to send me that handle.

 

[TARFU'D]

j-man good finds...amazing how many old axe heads that are still hanging around.....I have q question on the two kellys...they seem to have small cutting edges compared to the other two...is that beacause of sharpening through the years? that was the design? thanks for your input.

 

[jefroman]

j-man good finds...amazing how many old axe heads that are still hanging around.....I have q question on the two kellys...they seem to have small cutting edges compared to the other two...is that beacause of sharpening through the years? that was the design? thanks for your input.

The Kelly pieces are both "Puget Sound Felling/Falling" heads, so the long, narrow shape is intentional. They were designed for falling big timber in the Pacific Northwest. The long bit allows for a deeper bite/greater access into the big face cuts required of the old growth they were harvesting back in day.

 

[Square_peg]

I found a couple axes this weekend. The little one is a Norlund camp hatchet in pretty decent shape. The other is a no-name boys axe. I'm liking the boys axe. It has the nice convex cheeks of a vintage axe and ridges in the eye like some name brand axes.