Plumb Manufacturing Thread

[Nbrackett]

My Plumb wall - still a work in progress. Been awhile since I've been around.....

You win.

 

[Square_peg]

HOLY SH-.... uh SHNAKE
i think a few of those aren't original, where do you get your labels?

If Operator has them you can bet your life they are orignal.

 

[phantomknives]

If Operator has them you can bet your life they are orignal.

oh wait that's operator? i thought it was a new guy, didnt see the name for some reason. i take it back

 

[Operator1975]

HOLY SH-.... uh SHNAKE
i think a few of those aren't original, where do you get your labels?

They are all original.

 

[rjdankert]

I know this is a lathing hatchet but i believe it is an underhill pattern. Am i correct?

I could not find that exact head in the Plumb information I have and I am not exactly certain of the definition of an Underhill pattern. But FWIW here is a Blue Grass advertised as an "Underhill Pattern".





Bob

 

[Yankee Josh]

I could not find that exact head in the Plumb information I have and I am not exactly certain of the definition of an Underhill pattern. But FWIW here is a Blue Grass advertised as an "Underhill Pattern".



Thank you for posting that. I too have found underhill pattern lathing hatchets in old catalogues.

I think it refers to the swoop down in front of the eye. At least that seems to me to be the difference.

 

[Yankee Josh]

Thank you for posting that. I too found references to the underhill pattern lathing hatchet in old catalogues

I think it refers to the swoop down in front of the eye. It appears that way to me anyhow.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Thank you for posting that. I too found references to the underhill pattern lathing hatchet in old catalogues

I think it refers to the swoop down in front of the eye. It appears that way to me anyhow.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ldezeQi3sowC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=lathing+underhill+pattern&source=bl&ots=oeCEgLEf7b&sig=CeeAoZp7ls6k80Gu3y0_UR4B91g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdi7erqMvfAhUySN8KHYcaAoEQ6AEwE3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=lathing underhill pattern&f=false

 

[Yankee Josh]

https://books.google.com/books?id=ldezeQi3sowC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=lathing+underhill+pattern&source=bl&ots=oeCEgLEf7b&sig=CeeAoZp7ls6k80Gu3y0_UR4B91g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdi7erqMvfAhUySN8KHYcaAoEQ6AEwE3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=lathing underhill pattern&f=false

Guess i was wrong...

 

[Miller '72]

I have this guy for reference if that is helpful.
Is the pattern difference at the hammer pole?

I have a Plumb USA Lath Hatchet and a Collins. I will try later to grab some pics and group shot for comparison.

 

[Miller '72]

My lathing hatchets,
Seems like the Collins is an Underhill pattern.

...and the Plumb is not

 

[A17]

Does anyone know if the size of the Plumb stamp helps date it? The reason I ask is I had a gut feeling confirmed with a painted boys axe being a Plumb and as I was rounding up the Plumb family for a pic I noticed all but 2 of them had small stamps while the boys axe and cracked head had large stamps. Most of the small stamps looked older while the large stamps, while still high quality, looked newer and the one had Perma-bond in the eye. If you compare the half hatchet to the boys axe you can really tell the difference.

 

[A17]

Another type of Plumb stamp. It appears to have a barcode or identification number along with the name and the "Wear safety goggles" warning. Has anyone else seen this type of stamping before? Maybe it's from the era when they changed from stamping axes to putting paper labels on them? A transitional marking, perhaps? Another head with more questions than answers.

 

[A17]

I was perusing YYT to try to find info about the head shown above when I realized my Clean Cut Fire Prevention boys axe is Plumb too. So I'll add him to the Plumb picture lineup and contribute to this awesome thread.

 

[Brian77]

I am really enjoying this thread . I used Plumb hatchets and hammers 43 years ago when I starting apprenticeship in the woodworking trade . I also was given a Keen Kutter hatchet then that I still own. It was old then already .

Where can I find the links to your other threads like this on other brands?

 

[Brian77]

I was perusing YYT to try to find info about the head shown above when I realized my Clean Cut Fire Prevention boys axe is Plumb too. So I'll add him to the Plumb picture lineup and contribute to this awesome thread.

I have never seen one like yours. A fire prevention axe? How would I try to find one of those ?

 

[A17]

Well, I found mine by opening a filing cabinet drawer in a quarry. For the average person who's local quarry isn't also the home of two generations of loggers/hoarders, I'd suggest ebay.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

This recent auction got me thinking about Mexican made NOS Plumb from last year.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PL...413906?hash=item3fccd46f92:g:4qsAAOSwKNldhrzG
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-embossed-plumb-jersey-style-1861232356
I wonder if one could find Plumb and M 3 1/2 stamps underneath paper label

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/plumb-jersey-axe-5-lbs-1967642095

 

[Operator1975]

Thats a Mann Edge made Plumb, but not in Mexico. Made in Pa.

 

[junkenstien]

Hell yeah straight from the source of the m means Mexico.