Seeking Eclipse Drop Forged axe info

[the-accumulator]

Picked this up at a second hand/ surplus store today.

Anyone familiar with the mark? Thanks, T-A

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Picked this up at a second hand/ surplus store today.
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Anyone familiar with the mark? Thanks, T-A

It was Mongtomery Ward's budget line of axes
Eclipse<Lakeside<Master

https://archive.org/details/montgomerywardcatalogfallwinter1941/page/n1119/mode/1up/search/axe

 

[the-accumulator]

I had seen something in my brief research that suggested a connection to Wards, but I couldn't confirm it. Nor did I understand how the three lines were related. Thanks, cbnSteeladdict, for the info. T-A