I found a Plumb axe today at a local junk dealer. I am hesitant to spend any money on it because, I just don't need a cutting axe. However I am trying to get some idea what I was looking at for future reference, I may possibly give in and go back for it if I believe it is pre ww2 cus I am a sucker for old.
I have been scrolling through pictures trying to get some guess, one detail is throwing me off. It is a single bit axe with a lug. The lug comes to a relatively sharp point. All of the Plumb axes I can find seem to have rounded points on the lug. Can anyone help me to reconcile this?
Other details that may help. I did not notice the shape of the bottom of the beard as it moves toward the lug, I know this detail helps to identify Virginia vs rockaway vs some other patterns. The handle has a red finish on it. The wedge is a traditional flat wedge (makes the axe post early 40s I believe). The plumb logo is in a box and located at the back of the head near the butt I did not notice any lettering under the logo, but the head is somewhat rusted, not heavily pitted though. I noticed clean areas in the cheek in the shape of a "raised wedge" I do not know the term for the shape. I have seen many older axes with raised cheeks, this is usually pronounced. On the axe I looked at a wear pattern existed in the same shape as these raised cheeks but any swell was insignificant. I now wonder if the axe had a relatively flat profile moving toward the butt rather than being raised except with "scoops" formed above and below the center line of the axe creating the same pattern without the swell.
I have looked at a number of examples of Virginia and Rocker style heads, all seemed to have the Plumb stamp on the cheeks in front of the eye rather than behind it as in this example.
If I decide to go back and look at this axe again is there anything specific I should look for?
Thanks in advance.
I have been scrolling through pictures trying to get some guess, one detail is throwing me off. It is a single bit axe with a lug. The lug comes to a relatively sharp point. All of the Plumb axes I can find seem to have rounded points on the lug. Can anyone help me to reconcile this?
Other details that may help. I did not notice the shape of the bottom of the beard as it moves toward the lug, I know this detail helps to identify Virginia vs rockaway vs some other patterns. The handle has a red finish on it. The wedge is a traditional flat wedge (makes the axe post early 40s I believe). The plumb logo is in a box and located at the back of the head near the butt I did not notice any lettering under the logo, but the head is somewhat rusted, not heavily pitted though. I noticed clean areas in the cheek in the shape of a "raised wedge" I do not know the term for the shape. I have seen many older axes with raised cheeks, this is usually pronounced. On the axe I looked at a wear pattern existed in the same shape as these raised cheeks but any swell was insignificant. I now wonder if the axe had a relatively flat profile moving toward the butt rather than being raised except with "scoops" formed above and below the center line of the axe creating the same pattern without the swell.
I have looked at a number of examples of Virginia and Rocker style heads, all seemed to have the Plumb stamp on the cheeks in front of the eye rather than behind it as in this example.
If I decide to go back and look at this axe again is there anything specific I should look for?
Thanks in advance.
