Plumb Hatchet wedge

[triggahappy]

I received a very old plumb hatchet today and was removing the wedge to put a new handle on it and found it had this odd conical shaped screw on top of the wedge. I have never seen this and was curious if any of you could provide the information behind this. (No, I don't have pictures)

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Joe L. Bachs]

Its a common wedge on plumb scout hatchets, I've seen a few of them. I forget what the name for them is though.

 

[Double Ott]

I received a very old plumb hatchet today and was removing the wedge to put a new handle on it and found it had this odd conical shaped screw on top of the wedge. I have never seen this and was curious if any of you could provide the information behind this. (No, I don't have pictures)

Thanks,
Chris

I have three different Plumb Boy Scout hatchets in my collection. I just checked all three of them for the wedge that you described...

Its a common wedge on plumb scout hatchets, I've seen a few of them. I forget what the name for them is though.

None of them had one like it. They all just had a single wood wedge. Interesting.

Three different Plumb Boy Scout hatchets on the top. The bottom one is a Collins.

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Tom

 

[Square_peg]

Its a common wedge on plumb scout hatchets, I've seen a few of them. I forget what the name for them is though.

Yes, a few of the guys have posted pics of those before. Not sure the date but I think it's pre-Permabond (1957?).

 

[Steve Tall]

It's the Plumb Take-Up Wedge.
Details are in this advertisement the 1920s (and on the handle sticker):
http://books.google.com/books?id=EZW_AScxDuEC&lpg=PA1&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[triggahappy]

Thanks for the info guys!

 

[M3mphis]

It's the Plumb Take-Up Wedge.
Details are in this advertisement the 1920s (and on the handle sticker):
http://books.google.com/books?id=EZW_AScxDuEC&lpg=PA1&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false

"This patented wedge, used only in Plumb tools, forever ends all trouble with loose handles." --It's somewhat reassuring to know that marketing hype has been around a long time.

 

[triggahappy]

any idea the dates for these? (so I can roughly date the axe)

 

[Alocksly]

I have three different Plumb Boy Scout hatchets in my collection. I just checked all three of them for the wedge that you described...



None of them had one like it. They all just had a single wood wedge. Interesting.

Three different Plumb Boy Scout hatchets on the top. The bottom one is a Collins.

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Tom

Did those scout hatchets originally come with a sheath/ scabbard?

 

[300Six]

I have three different Plumb Boy Scout hatchets in my collection. I just checked all three of them for the wedge that you described...

None of them had one like it. They all just had a single wood wedge. Interesting.

Three different Plumb Boy Scout hatchets on the top. The bottom one is a Collins.

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Tom

A little off the topic, but your photo intrigues me. Three of the hatchets have factory 'axe' handles and one has a 'hammer' handle. I'd be curious to hear, from your own experience, if there was any obvious user advantage or disadvantage between one type over the other. Heaven knows making a hammer handle (especially if you have a lathe) is simpler/faster than making an axe handle.