A $3 find at a local garage sale last year. I finally picked it up and took it out back to chop some limbs off a fallen tree, and to knock limbs off larger branches to prepare them for sawing into firewood-length pieces.
No sharpening etc. was done to it. The head had moved up on the handle about 3/16" over the years, but after an hour of chopping this morning it did not move any further at all. I like the six or so pieces of hardware someone drove into the top to help wedge the head in place.
I am guessing it is a TrueTemper Woodslasher because it has the ridges in the eye that TrueTemper started using about the year 1960, but it could certainly be another brand that paid to use the ridges, or started using them after the TT patents and copyrights expired. I think they are a sign of a quality axe though.
Not sure what is under the packing tape on the handle, but it was perfectly solid feeling in use. Maybe someday in the far future I or the next owner will get around to re-wedging the head on the handle, or not....
No sharpening etc. was done to it. The head had moved up on the handle about 3/16" over the years, but after an hour of chopping this morning it did not move any further at all. I like the six or so pieces of hardware someone drove into the top to help wedge the head in place.
I am guessing it is a TrueTemper Woodslasher because it has the ridges in the eye that TrueTemper started using about the year 1960, but it could certainly be another brand that paid to use the ridges, or started using them after the TT patents and copyrights expired. I think they are a sign of a quality axe though.
Not sure what is under the packing tape on the handle, but it was perfectly solid feeling in use. Maybe someday in the far future I or the next owner will get around to re-wedging the head on the handle, or not....
