Plumb Boy Scout Hatchet PICS!

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I was going through my Grandpa's work shed and found a old Hatchet marked, Genuine Plumb, and it has a the BSA logo on it. It needs alot of work! Ill post pics tomorrow.
 

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Im telling ya, it needs ALOT of work. Quick question, are the old plumbs different than whats out on the market now?
 
euroross said:
Im telling ya, it needs ALOT of work. Quick question, are the old plumbs different than whats out on the market now?
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Yep, they are older.

Just joking. Plumb is now owned and manufactured by Apex Tool Group, which is a huge conglomerate. I don't know much other than that. I only have maybe three axes that have been manufactured within the last few decades and none of them are Plumb's.
 
Plumb hammers are well regarded in the trades. I don't know if they're still made in America or not.
 
Old Plumb prodcuts, say pre 1970, are usually of high quality metal I have found. Some of the best overall axe/hatchet heads. Hopfully it doesnt have the Permabond head/eye, that was sort of the turning point as far as quality goes for them. Same thing happened to Gransfors back in the day.
 
Here is the one my pops gave me, It's marked PLUMB under the BSA fleur de lis. The photo quality and sap buildup on the head make it near impossible to see but here it is anyway.
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Grandpa's hatchet head looks good, it has that screw that supposedly can be used to tighten the wedge as needed. It's not the "Permabond" red epoxy.

I got a new Plumb broad hatchet a couple years ago, and it turned out to be made in China or Taiwan (can't recall which). Was getting that single bevel shaving sharp, and then the whole edge sorta broke off, like it had a bad heat treat.
 
I know someone that has access to a sand blaster, would this work well to clean the head up? Turns out it belonged to my Uncle, who was in the scouts in the 50's.
 
A sand blaster would surely make quick work of it. Might be a little overkill but I don't think it would harm it. It doesn't look all that bad. I bet some WD-40 and some 200 grit wet/dry or even steel wool would clean it up pretty nice.
 
I commonly use 150 grit to clean them up. then some 220 to make it look nicer. I would sand the handle to decide if it need replaced yet or not. I like to use old handles if they are still usable.
 
I cant reuse the handle, its cracked. I got a new one last night, so this weekend Ill try and fix it up.
 
OK, so I just tried to remove the handle, a lot harder than I thought. It wont come out. Im using a hammer and chisel, any ideas how to remove it?
 
Assuming that you sawed off the handle really close to the head, removed that screw in the wedge, and tried pounding out the handle from the bottom out the top, the next thing I'd do would be drill some holes in the top (wider than the wedge), enough to reduce the wedging pressure and allow what remains to be pounded out from the bottom.
 
Thank you for showing this cool old hatchet. Seems to be a great user... BTW: Nice work, you have done there! :)

KInd regards
 
Steve Tall said:
Assuming that you sawed off the handle really close to the head, removed that screw in the wedge, and tried pounding out the handle from the bottom out the top, the next thing I'd do would be drill some holes in the top (wider than the wedge), enough to reduce the wedging pressure and allow what remains to be pounded out from the bottom.
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Nope....Im an idiot. Could not get the screw out and am beating it from the top. Im sure it will got easier now!!! Thanks.
 
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