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Been having a Jersey/Rockaway itch I needed to scratch. Gathered some up that I could find in the garage. Lets see some jerseys!
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Jersey Axes - Post em Up
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I'm embarrassed to post this behind your load of jerseys.
This is not my poor sharpening job but I'll fix that prior to hanging.
My plan for this one is to make the handle my own from a stave my friend Quinton is going to send me after the new year.
This will be my first shot at making a handle from a stave.
I'll be taking my time and using advice from the best handle makers I know. That's you guys.
This is not my poor sharpening job but I'll fix that prior to hanging.
My plan for this one is to make the handle my own from a stave my friend Quinton is going to send me after the new year.
This will be my first shot at making a handle from a stave.
I'll be taking my time and using advice from the best handle makers I know. That's you guys.
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I'll put this one up again since it's one you sent me, Operator.
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I really like the Jersey pattern. Dont have many handled or with pedigrees but here are three. There are others floating around here but they are in the process of being cleaned up mostly the no name with ribs. The Plumb below has been used a couple of times.
Plumb
5lb Lakeside
No name.Red.marked 3 ½
Plumb
5lb Lakeside
No name.Red.marked 3 ½
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I've got a nice ol' user-grade Spiller that Operator was kind enough to hook me up with that I still need to get a haft on. Marked 3-1/2lb but just a hair over 3-1/4lb so it's been well-worn, but with a bit of time between the grinder and files and it'll be ready for action again.
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What have you been doing!?! That must of been 3 years ago now, wasn't it? LOL. Haft that thing up!
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Hahaha--it's always a matter of going "Dang--I don't have a spare haft for this right now. Where should I put it so it's safe but I'm not stubbing my toe on it?" and then I forget to get a haft for it. And then I find it again and go "oh yeah--I need to put a handle on that!" But then I forget again. 
I'm glad I put it off this long, though, because in the time since then I've gotten a lot more axe grinding and fitting tricks up my sleeve so I'll be better able to do it proper justice.
I'm glad I put it off this long, though, because in the time since then I've gotten a lot more axe grinding and fitting tricks up my sleeve so I'll be better able to do it proper justice.
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Not a sexy brand, but the only Jersey I have. Three and a half pound DUNLAP.
Dunlap Logo from 1938 Trademark.
No discussion of Craftsman tools would be complete without at least some mention of the Dunlap brand, a sister brand used for a line of economy tools. The Dunlap brand was supposedly named after Tom Dunlap, the manager of the Sears hardware division from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Sears filed a trademark application for the Dunlap brand in 1938 and the trademark was issued as #369,614 on August 1, 1939. The trademark registration shows an oval design enclosing the text "Dunlap", and the first use date was listed as January 23, 1937.
Dunlap tools began appearing in the Sears catalogs in the 1938-1939 Fall and Winter edition, and often the new brand was used for tools that had previously been offered under the Merit or Fulton brands. Dunlap tools continued to be offered at least into the late 1950s.
http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools-p4.html#dunlap
Bob
The Dunlap Brand
Dunlap Logo from 1938 Trademark.
No discussion of Craftsman tools would be complete without at least some mention of the Dunlap brand, a sister brand used for a line of economy tools. The Dunlap brand was supposedly named after Tom Dunlap, the manager of the Sears hardware division from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Sears filed a trademark application for the Dunlap brand in 1938 and the trademark was issued as #369,614 on August 1, 1939. The trademark registration shows an oval design enclosing the text "Dunlap", and the first use date was listed as January 23, 1937.
Dunlap tools began appearing in the Sears catalogs in the 1938-1939 Fall and Winter edition, and often the new brand was used for tools that had previously been offered under the Merit or Fulton brands. Dunlap tools continued to be offered at least into the late 1950s.
http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools-p4.html#dunlap
Bob
I'm embarrassed to post this behind your load of jerseys.
This is not my poor sharpening job but I'll fix that prior to hanging.
My plan for this one is to make the handle my own from a stave my friend Quinton is going to send me after the new year.
This will be my first shot at making a handle from a stave.
I'll be taking my time and using advice from the best handle makers I know. That's you guys.
Now, that I've seen the beautiful head the stave is intended for, I'll pick a nice one out and lay it back. It will weigh somewhere around 10 lbs., and your job will be to remove about 9 lbs. of it in just the right spots. And.. another thing, you sure couldn't have picked an easier head to hang from scratch than a Jersey, those ears and ridges in the eye will just let the haft slip right in place.. easy-peasy!
Now, that I've seen the beautiful head the stave is intended for, I'll pick a nice one out and lay it back. It will weigh somewhere around 10 lbs., and your job will be to remove about 9 lbs. of it in just the right spots. And.. another thing, you sure couldn't have picked an easier head to hang from scratch than a Jersey, those ears and ridges in the eye will just let the haft slip right in place.. easy-peasy!
That is going to be a looker! NOTHING to feel inferior about with a TT Perfect Jersey in almost new condition...add a custom handle from Quinton hidden valley of hickory, and you'll be a member of the axe wielding elite
.That is going to be a looker! NOTHING to feel inferior about with a TT Perfect Jersey in almost new condition...add a custom handle from Quinton hidden valley of hickory, and you'll be a member of the axe wielding elite
I'll send.. UM, maybe even hand deliver one to you if you would like..
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My favorite pattern. Great for our PNW softwoods.
Perhaps my favorite piece I've done to date.
Perhaps my favorite piece I've done to date.
I'll send.. UM, maybe even hand deliver one to you if you would like..
Let me find something worthy to hang and I'll take you up on that!
That'll work..
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Now, that I've seen the beautiful head the stave is intended for, I'll pick a nice one out and lay it back. It will weigh somewhere around 10 lbs., and your job will be to remove about 9 lbs. of it in just the right spots. And.. another thing, you sure couldn't have picked an easier head to hang from scratch than a Jersey, those ears and ridges in the eye will just let the haft slip right in place.. easy-peasy!
Haha! I'm more worried about getting the 9 lbs knocked off in all the right spots. It's without ridges so that helps a little. I hung a hewing hatchet with ridges and ears so I got my feet wet there already.
Not a sexy brand, but the only Jersey I have. Three and a half pound DUNLAP.
The Dunlap Brand
Dunlap Logo from 1938 Trademark.
No discussion of Craftsman tools would be complete without at least some mention of the Dunlap brand, a sister brand used for a line of economy tools. The Dunlap brand was supposedly named after Tom Dunlap, the manager of the Sears hardware division from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Sears filed a trademark application for the Dunlap brand in 1938 and the trademark was issued as #369,614 on August 1, 1939. The trademark registration shows an oval design enclosing the text "Dunlap", and the first use date was listed as January 23, 1937.
Dunlap tools began appearing in the Sears catalogs in the 1938-1939 Fall and Winter edition, and often the new brand was used for tools that had previously been offered under the Merit or Fulton brands. Dunlap tools continued to be offered at least into the late 1950s.
http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools-p4.html#dunlap
Bob
I really like Dunlap. I have quite a few Dunlap tools and I really enjoy them. Even though it wasn't Sears's top tier I believe they are still high quality.