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MERCULA

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This was my first hang from a couple years ago. 3.5 lbs
Your thoughts ?

 
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A lot of hatchets don't really fall under a particular head pattern, just google axe head patterns and you'll see a chart which you can compare it to.
 
It's a 3.5 lb head. Prop should have included that. The thickness is throwning me off ? Hard to compare to a drawing I guess , for me at least.
 
I think it would fall into a Dayton or Wide-bit Dayton pattern. Those Craftsman axes were their own thing though and that one looks like a relatively late model.
 
I'd call it a Michigan, though it has a wider bit than I typically associate with a Michigan. The stamp is a little close to the poll so it may have began life as a Dayton and seen some poll work over the years. The cheeks are flat so it's a late model Craftsman. The bit is thick because it's been sharpened a few times but there's plenty of steel remaining. It could stand a little file work. The hang looks very good.
 
MERCULA said:
It's a 3.5 lb head. Prop should have included that. The thickness is throwning me off ? Hard to compare to a drawing I guess , for me at least.
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In that case I'd say it is or started out as a later make Michigan , possibly a splitting axe as its so thick.
Michigan's became so popular in the late 1900's that they can almost look like anything , because the cheap imports could never get things right ( just about every Chinese and Mexican axe from the hardware is a Michigan nowadays )
 
To me I looks closest to a Half Wedge pattern, though still the bit is a little long.
 
Thanks for the help everybody , and the kind words. I figured it would make a good splitter. I'm happy with the hang but I'll probably go back and thin the handles on a few of my earlier axes.
 
It does have a rounded poll like a Michigan, but the toe and heel are sharp points, not rounded as a classic Michigan single bit. I think by this stage of axe manufacture, makers were just cranking out one or two generic axes with their own model names and not offering multiple patterns.
 
MERCULA said:
This was my first hang from a couple years ago. 3.5 lbs
Your thoughts ? . . .
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Don't know when yours was sold by Sears. The following are Sears without a pattern name:

1966

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1971

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Bob
 
rjdankert said:
Don't know when yours was sold by Sears. The following are Sears without a pattern name:

1966

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That's what I was talking about. Note the distance between the stamp and the end of the poll. This axe has had some poll work done.
 
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