New heads - looking for help in ID'ing

[Sufler]

Hi, all. I believe it's my first time posting in this discussion category.

I was wondering if anyone could assist in possibly identifying the manufacturers of the following axes that came into my possession recently.

I'm seeing the word 'TRADE' then what looks like half-moon then an 'M' in what I'll call a diamond then another half-moon and the word 'MARK'. I was thinking 'Mann Edge Tool Co.' but looking online it would not seem that they ever used this sort of mark. Also 'M' and '3' in what looks like infinity symbol - I'm assuming it's the head weight on that one - a 3 pounder? Lovely skinny handle, though - the feel of this axes is just... pure. It's the one in the middle in the second picture down.





Another one has on its head 'DIN 7294 1250' and the handle has the remaining letters of a word 'kiert'. My Google-fu did not result in anything concrete - German or Swiss is my best guess here. It's the one in the middle in the last picture.

 

[jake pogg]

DIN=
Deutsches Institut für Normung
About DIN
DIN, the German Institute for Standardization, develops norms and standards as a service to industry, the state and society as a whole.
A registered non-profit association, DIN has been based in Berlin since 1917 and was founded in same year as the "Normenausschuss der deutschen Industrie (NADI)".

No idea who made that German axe,but it's a Rhinelander pattern,and the last number,1250,is the weight in grams.

For that lovely older tassie-looking axe i'd look in direction of Australia...

 

[Miller '72]

I believe you do have a Mann with the diamond between the two crescent moon stamp and i also believe it might be a Connecticut pattern from the pics

 

[Sufler]

'jake pogg' and 'Miller '72' - thank you both for responding with your information.

A German Rhinelander pattern that has a roughly 2.7 lb head. With that red handle I almost want to say it's some sort of military surplus.

As to the axe head with the 'M' in a diamond between two crescent moons. I did a bit more digging. There's a thread from May 2014 on bushcraftusa by 'wingnuts' where he posted an image of a trade mark which looks similar to what this axe head has. In the last post in that thread, he seems to arrive at that it's an 'American Axe & Tool' company product possibly made by Mann when AA&T and Mann were joined up. My axe previously belonged to the dad of a lady now in her late 60s. She admitted that he was a brute with the axe and it is evident - the poll is heavily mushroomed (if I even attempt to grind it down a bit it'll remove the trade mark) and you can see in the picture below how heavily bent it is. So, I think I'll leave it as is and not do much with it. From what I read on yesteryeartools about Mann... dare I say this axe is from the very early 1900s?

Thanks again for all your input.

 

[Miller '72]

'jake pogg' and 'Miller '72' - thank you both for responding with your information.

A German Rhinelander pattern that has a roughly 2.7 lb head. With that red handle I almost want to say it's some sort of military surplus.

As to the axe head with the 'M' in a diamond between two crescent moons. I did a bit more digging. There's a thread from May 2014 on bushcraftusa by 'wingnuts' where he posted an image of a trade mark which looks similar to what this axe head has. In the last post in that thread, he seems to arrive at that it's an 'American Axe & Tool' company product possibly made by Mann when AA&T and Mann were joined up. My axe previously belonged to the dad of a lady now in her late 60s. She admitted that he was a brute with the axe and it is evident - the poll is heavily mushroomed (if I even attempt to grind it down a bit it'll remove the trade mark) and you can see in the picture below how heavily bent it is. So, I think I'll leave it as is and not do much with it. From what I read on yesteryeartools about Mann... dare I say this axe is from the very early 1900s?

Thanks again for all your input.

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Yes. Dare say it, i believe it.
The Mann diamond and crescent moon stamp is on early Mann made Brecks and Victor axes.
Great score!