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Has offset ridges in eye,no markings.Is that a weld line?
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Its a ridge,You can feel it.so I am pretty sure its not a variation in the patina.Thanks
Yes it is.Do you mean in the axe on the left, the vertical line between the eye and where the bit starts to flare out? To me that looks like the edge of an over-coat method steeling (as opposed to the insert method). Square Peg will probably disagree with me on that, and I could certainly be wrong.
Or maybe it's the edge of the weld that formed the eye, if the sucker's really old?
.I think it's the edge between the 2 steels in the overcoat method too
I did not think it was that old, because of the ridges in the eye.
I think you're on the right track. I bet it's not a weld line and I'll tell you why. I have never seen a weld line come out perfectly straight like that. It has to be a marking from a power hammer left behind by the forging process. Probably a special shaped die used in creating those eye ridges.
Yeah I was about to respond with the same. Hydraulic hammer marks for sure. I've seen them on GBs and wetterlings on a few occasions. Bit welding was a very rare occurence on production axes
I've got something like that in a vise right now.
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Have a wonderful day!
I've got something like that in a vise right now.
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Have a wonderful day!