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The stamp looks like it was applied by the end user not the factory.
Your mention of BC Canada made me immediately think of the town of Squamish, which has aI have a few 50s-60s era Walters axes that are marked GOV'T OF B.C. in the same way as your head (discrete (long and narrow) indent and separate from the brand stamp) ...
I believe I can see the fifth letter. The shape points to letter C ....>> USQMC created in 1912 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartermaster_Corps_(United_States_Army)Now my guesses are leaning toward
U.S.Q.M.
or
U.S.Q.M.D
(United States Quarter Master Department)
There are some online references to U.S.Q.M. from around 1900 or so.
This from 1912:
Another reference, mentions "axe-helves with the letters U.S.Q.M.D. (United States Quarter Master Department) branded on them...":
Another reference:
"Similar items were found at Mackinac – in fact, serving ware marked with the U.S.Q.M.D. stamp accounted for 38% of all ceramics recovered. Such a finding is to be expected, since the U.S. Quartermaster Department (U.S.Q.M.D.) maker’s mark is found at most sites associated with U.S. military occupation"
from
Individual Agency and Military Structure:
Personal Artifacts From 1890s Fort Missoula
Jackson Cossitt Mueller
The University of Montana
I was assuming owners initials
If only the axe head hadn't been aggressively 'shined up' with a abrasives to obliterate the possible presence of shallow faint markings on either side of the centerline. Oh well.
I would t say that.That's a Dayton not a Michigan.
Now I will say that next time you should just use a wire wheel to remove only the rust, polishing up old hand tools isn't normally seen as a good thing around here.
They're your tools to do with as you wish, but you should just know it's not a popular practice around here.
That's a Dayton not a Michigan.
Now I will say that next time you should just use a wire wheel to remove only the rust, polishing up old hand tools isn't normally seen as a good thing around here.
They're your tools to do with as you wish, but you should just know it's not a popular practice around here.
Rare ?? I was NOT expecting that
And i went and polished it
Son of a Bugger !!!!!
Hey Hickory n Steel - you were right