Shapleigh DE Diamond Edge Hatchet

[CowCop]

Got this for a buck today at a estate sale.

I like it.

Who made this little hatchet for Shapleigh ?


Any info appreciated.

 

[Joe L. Bachs]

looks good to me, worth a buck any day of the week.

 

[the possum]

If their advertisements can be believed, Shapleigh had their own factory for making many hand tools, including axes and hatchets (though I know things like their pocketknives were made by other factories & marked with their brand). Here's a couple scans from my great grandpa's 1923 Shapleigh catalog; note the diagram showing harder crucible steel wrapped around a softer core: