Significance of a triangular mark on Plumb Axe?

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My Plumb double bit has a triangular mark stamped into the steel. I have seen this on other Plumb DBs. Does anyone know the significance of this marking?

This is my axe
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This one is currently on ebay

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I am not sure but I believe it is a mark from a clamp to hold the head for grinding at the factory. Not only Plumb but other axes had a dent roughly centered like that in various patterns.
 
It looks like someone took a triangle punch to create a fulcrum for sharpening but I'm not sure.
 
That's cool. I saw a Plumb SB at a local antique mall that had a similar mark - put this down as my new thing learned today, I can go back to bed now. :P Nice work there.
 
I don't know if they are Plumbs but I have a square dent and a star dent in axes. Perfectly centered top to bottom on the head. It seems like a lot of work if it's code since these are paper label axes, no stamp. Why not just code the label?
 
I have personally never seen a "newer plumb" with these markings, But I have seen a lot of the markings on the older plumb's especially on the plumb autograf and Champion axe. Maybe we see more on the older plumb's because their shipping systems was not as accurate and some of them was not shipped? But here is a good example of an old plumb I have laying around the house.


 
Plumb used various markings on their axes, such as triangles, cirlces, half moons, T's etc.

There is some confusion over this, but research indicates that this represented geographical areas for distribution, or which 2nd partres would be distributing, or which plant it came out of. Also other possibilities were time frame of manufacture, and whether it would be a possible export, especially to Australia, where Plumb was big.

From what I have in my collection, the most popular are the circle, triangle, diamond, circle, and crescent moon. These are on Plumb marked axes, but then also various hardware store trade axes. I would bet that the markings were used to somehow keep track of which axes would be used for what hardware stores, areas of the country, etc.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.
 
Operator1975 said:
Plumb used various markings on their axes, such as triangles, circles, half moons, T's etc.

There is some confusion over this, but research indicates that this represented geographical areas for distribution, or which 2nd parties would be distributing, or which plant it came out of. Also other possibilities were time frame of manufacture, and whether it would be a possible export, especially to Australia, where Plumb was big.

From what I have in my collection, the most popular are the circle, triangle, diamond, circle, and crescent moon. These are on Plumb marked axes, but then also various hardware store trade axes. I would bet that the markings were used to somehow keep track of which axes would be used for what hardware stores, areas of the country, etc.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.
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Hopefully whatever International investor consortium that took over "Plumb" has not destroyed cryptic records about this sort of thing. I attended a financial investment seminar last night and left suspecting that these money people entirely hover over enterprises and businesses much like vultures circle over large animals that forage near a highway, and couldn't give so much as a hoot in a rain barrel about anything else.
 
Operator1975 said:
Plumb used various markings on their axes, such as triangles, cirlces, half moons, T's etc.

There is some confusion over this, but research indicates that this represented geographical areas for distribution, or which 2nd partres would be distributing, or which plant it came out of. Also other possibilities were time frame of manufacture, and whether it would be a possible export, especially to Australia, where Plumb was big.

From what I have in my collection, the most popular are the circle, triangle, diamond, circle, and crescent moon. These are on Plumb marked axes, but then also various hardware store trade axes. I would bet that the markings were used to somehow keep track of which axes would be used for what hardware stores, areas of the country, etc.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.
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Thank you for this info, it make a lot of sense.
 
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