Plumb axes wanted

:confused: Do you have the right forum? Sorry but I'm not sure what a plumb ax is. I know what a khukuri is though!!!:D ;)
 
H.I. Doesn't make a Plumb Axe (Don't know where to find them either) but they make a really nice Bancharo:

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The 18" Ang Khola is a great knife:

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Hope this helps,


Heber Ellsworth
 
Plumb is an antique brand of ax that has been out of production for decades. My father buys them occasionally at flea markets here in NC. They are fine old axes made when all Americans saw quality as job one.
Plumb Question you should post your query on the ax and tomahawk forum for best results.

Patrick Mc
 
I don't have a pix or a digital camera but I'm sure you've seen one. They were common at the time you would have been growing up. Plumb and Knotclipper were brand names, they made all types of axes and were favored by loggers and forresters of the day. At least here in NC; they may have had different preferences out west. My grandfather favored Plumb axes and my father likes the Knotclippers. I can't tell any difference, just well made axes that have lasted long enough to become antiques. Like the old khukuris that have lasted over a hundred years.

Patrick Mc
 
I remember Grand Dad had 3 or 4 axes but I can't recall the brand names of them. I wish I had all the tools he had bought and made during his lifetime but they all just seemed to disappear one by one after he died.
 
Plumb used to be the top brand in chopping tools. I have a 40 year old 3 lb. Plumb felling axe, and a 60 year old Boy Scout hatchet made by them. I had a new handle put on the hatchet in 1992 by the company that now owns the brand:
CooperTools, PO Box 5027, 3012 Mason St., Monroe, NC, 28110 Tel. (704) 289-8486.
Hope this helps. I didn't get the e-mail addy of the inquirer...maybe one of the Forumites can pass it along.

Ken
 
Its a sad thing Uncle Bill:(

It seems like those people who really honor someone after they die and have no desire to go rummaging through their belongings right away, usually lose out to those who only want to profit...

Luckily, my dad had seen that happen more than once. When his dad died, he let everyone know that the tools were NOT to be touched, until the will was settled. He ended up with them anyway, but he didn't want lots of those beautiful old tools(many of which my grandpa made himself--he was a machinist)to "walk away". Now he has them all in his shop lovingly cared for and displayed for all to see. My brother and I will take care of them when dad is gone.
 
It's sad, indeed, Rob. Grand Dad (Bill, too) had all the tools necessary to build a house, barn, and outbuildings by hand which he did. I was born in the house he built and it's still standing today. I drove by it last month.

He had everything needed to tend by hand a huge garden of maybe an acre or a little more. Had everything required to care for a few cows, pigs and chickens. Did his own blacksmithing and even shoe repair. Everything, in fact, to be self sufficient including heating with coal and cooking with wood. He never had to borrow a tool but often loaned them. And he cared for them well. I never saw him put away a tool that he did not clean and oil first.

Now, there is not a single tool or piece of equipment left. I was only 12 when he died and too young to do anything about the disappearance. But if his "dog house" which was actually his work shop was in tact today it would be a museum.
 
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