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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Well, I did pretty good this weekend and I finally found a mortise axe!!!
http://s1350.photobucket.com/user/NovakKnives/media/A2/IMG_0984_zps512e815b-1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
BLASDELL
from 1851 Bytown Canada Directory
Blasdell, N. S., axe factory, Wellington St., U. T. [Upper Town]
from http://www.accessgenealogy.com/canada/1851-bytown-canada-directory.htm
In 1835 or earlier, Nathaniel S. Blasdell opened and operated the Victoria Foundry and Machine Shops in what is now the Bytown part of Ottawa. The shop was powered by a wheel at the Chaudière Falls. They manufactured axes and mill machinery, including sawmills...
from http://vintagemachinery.org/MfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=1942
...Friends of the Mill are always looking for historical artifacts for their displays and certainly your Blasdell Bytown head manufactured by Victoria Foundry of Chaudiere might attract some attention...
...@Steve Tall (and 300Six): Do you think that the fact I've cleaned it up a bit and coated it with gun oil makes it less desirable as an artifact? Museums probably have strict rules about how to restore items.... In any case, again, thank you Steve Tall; you should offer courses on how to do online research.
Museums probably have strict rules about how to restore items....