Six-Sided Star Trademark

[DWK2]

A friend of mine from Montana (north of Missoula) recently found an old splitting wedge bearing a six-pointed star trademark, about the size of a dime. Historical records suggest that the area was heavily logged around 1914. Any thoughts on what company might have manufactured such a wedge?

Thanks for your input,

Dave
(DancesWithKnives)

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Iron City Tools. They mostly made quarry and rail equipment, but made splitting wedges etc. There was one at my family's camp that was badly mushroomed so I took it home to grind down, and it turned out it had a hardened cap forge-welded onto it with a void underneath. Ended up having to cut off the top entirely to get past the gap. Quite unusual and I've never come across anything else like it.

 

[DWK2]

Thanks very much! You hit that nail squarely on the head!

My friends will be very grateful.