3-1/4lb North Wayne Tool Co.
Such a thing does not exist on the west coast. I have never came across a Maine axe out here.
I have found one. A very thin dbl bit that we managed some how to identify as a Emerson & Stevens here on this board. Only one I have ever seen.Such a thing does not exist on the west coast. I have never came across a Maine axe out here.
Collins made at least some of the Breecks Victor axes. Brecks is for Joeseph Breck and Sons.Anyone know who made this?
IMG_20170709_204103 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170709_204029 by Justin Ly
Collins made at least some of the Brecks Victor axes. Brecks is for Joeseph Breck & Sons.Anyone know who made this?
IMG_20170709_204103 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170709_204029 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20170709_204114 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
I think those crescent moon M stamps have been identified. I was thinking it was Mann but it makes sense that I could be mistaken on that and it is Collins.
Did a little more digging. The crescent moons with a m is said to resemble a design found on a paper label of a Mann axe. Not at all sure just who made it.Collins made at least some of the Breecks Victor axes. Brecks is for Joeseph Breck and Sons.
I think those crescent moon M stamps have been identified. I was thinking it was Mann but it makes sense that I could be mistaken in that and it is Collins.
That LL Bean head is a little bit later model I think. As far as my research can tell and from the examples I have collected, the 50's and earlier heads were a different shape. I would guess 60's through 80's for that head but I am not exactly certain when they (S&N) changed the shape. There are at least 4 variations of the LL Bean Hudson Bay head, all with different shapes. The original handle would have been about 23 inches unless it was the shorter Penobscot kindling hatchet version.
If you need a spanner wrench to get that big wedge out...
That is cool. Your first post here and I gather not your first rodeo G Glenn Bailey .
Very different heads - at least from one another and time. Seeing them together is telling. Thank you
Any good stories on either?