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It's going to get a handle despite it's condition.
It's going to get a handle despite it's condition.
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It looks like the tips of the claw have been steeled.
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Yes they have, & maybe the hammer head was... a long time ago!
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A few overdue updates, a tiny hatchet head I found in Portugal (post 368) that I still have no idea what it was for, it's a lovely little thing & I made this olive handle a while ago.
It's very light & the olive handle is glassy smooth so it's become one of my favourite fidget.... urm.. things....
And from post 382 a Brades Criterion that I've just cleaned & re-fixed the original handle, I always try & save a handle even when it's a bit past it! I haven't sharpened it.
It's very light & the olive handle is glassy smooth so it's become one of my favourite fidget.... urm.. things....
And from post 382 a Brades Criterion that I've just cleaned & re-fixed the original handle, I always try & save a handle even when it's a bit past it! I haven't sharpened it.
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This turned up this morning at a local Flea market.... a long way from home.
Plumb in a rectangle on the cheek & "MADE IN USA" on the other side.
Head around 2lb & a shade over 16" long. Doesn't appear to have seen too much sharpening.
Only needs a gentle clean & oil, the wooden wedge needs knocked back in. I assume it's the original handle & is very nice, second only to the Walters I have. Would this Plumb have a name? Rough idea of age? I guess it's fairly recent.
.Edit- After a bit of looking around on here I realise it may be a bit older than I anticipated, also I see "house" hatchet & "hunters" hatchet are pretty similar except the Hunter's handle turns down more & has less of a fawn's foot, like this one maybe.....
Plumb in a rectangle on the cheek & "MADE IN USA" on the other side.
Head around 2lb & a shade over 16" long. Doesn't appear to have seen too much sharpening.
Only needs a gentle clean & oil, the wooden wedge needs knocked back in. I assume it's the original handle & is very nice, second only to the Walters I have. Would this Plumb have a name? Rough idea of age? I guess it's fairly recent.
.Edit- After a bit of looking around on here I realise it may be a bit older than I anticipated, also I see "house" hatchet & "hunters" hatchet are pretty similar except the Hunter's handle turns down more & has less of a fawn's foot, like this one maybe.....
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A clean & oil after pulling the wedge out with my fingers!
Despite searching till my head hurt due to the many, many threads about dating Plumb axes & hatchets I'm still unsure about it's age.
I think it's a Hunters hatchet & would appear to be a factory handle that's not Permabonded (1955ish>) & doesn't have the Plumb take-up wedge (1922~43ish?)...... so between 43~55ish.... Maybe?
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I couldn't find very much concrete information about the stamps, just Plumb in a rectangle with rounded corners doesn't seem as common as square corners ....
Despite searching till my head hurt due to the many, many threads about dating Plumb axes & hatchets I'm still unsure about it's age.
I think it's a Hunters hatchet & would appear to be a factory handle that's not Permabonded (1955ish>) & doesn't have the Plumb take-up wedge (1922~43ish?)...... so between 43~55ish.... Maybe?
. I couldn't find very much concrete information about the stamps, just Plumb in a rectangle with rounded corners doesn't seem as common as square corners ....
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House axe. I’d say pre-1970 or whenever Ames took over Plumb and started making flat-cheeked house axes. Many of the older units had a hard poll and were sold with the ‘Dreadnaught’ label to indicate such.
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A clean & oil after pulling the wedge out with my fingers!
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Despite searching till my head hurt due to the many, many threads about dating Plumb axes & hatchets I'm still unsure about it's age.
I think it's a Hunters hatchet & would appear to be a factory handle that's not Permabonded (1955ish>) & doesn't have the Plumb take-up wedge (1922~43ish?)...... so between 43~55ish.... Maybe?
I couldn't find very much concrete information about the stamps, just Plumb in a rectangle with rounded corners doesn't seem as common as square corners ....
What is the eye size? A house axe has the same eye as a boys axe.A clean & oil after pulling the wedge out with my fingers!
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Despite searching till my head hurt due to the many, many threads about dating Plumb axes & hatchets I'm still unsure about it's age.
I think it's a Hunters hatchet & would appear to be a factory handle that's not Permabonded (1955ish>) & doesn't have the Plumb take-up wedge (1922~43ish?)...... so between 43~55ish.... Maybe?
I couldn't find very much concrete information about the stamps, just Plumb in a rectangle with rounded corners doesn't seem as common as square corners ....
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Not a hardened poll so you're probably correct.
3/4 X 1~5/8" (19x43mm). Eye size.
I was only going off the shape of the handle regarding "Hunting", it looks like it drops more at the end than the "House" does...
60 / 70's would make more sense because of it's condition which is pretty good as can be seen.
Any idea when they stopped using Permabond? Did they go back to a wooden wedge?
Edit-. Just to add I wouldn't call it "flat-cheeked" but I suppose it's relative, it has a higher centerline than some, less than others but it ain't flat.
3/4 X 1~5/8" (19x43mm). Eye size.
I was only going off the shape of the handle regarding "Hunting", it looks like it drops more at the end than the "House" does...
60 / 70's would make more sense because of it's condition which is pretty good as can be seen.
Any idea when they stopped using Permabond? Did they go back to a wooden wedge?
Edit-. Just to add I wouldn't call it "flat-cheeked" but I suppose it's relative, it has a higher centerline than some, less than others but it ain't flat.
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No, it’s not flat-cheeked. That’s why I think it’s an older model.
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Permabond was used from 1956 forward. Maybe skipped some years for import crap. Yours isn’t import crap. If you think it’s an original handle then it’s likely pre-1956.
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Ok, yes I misread / misunderstood.
Thanks for the input. So 43~56ish sounds "Ballpark".
I did wonder if it had a replacement handle but I think it's unlikely as it looks like factory, a shape Plumb used & a great fit to the eye.
Appreciated, thank you.
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A mixture of cutters...
These are three that didn't make it into here earlier for various reasons, I have a bit of time right now so thought you might like to see them.
The first one started out as this above a "D.e Benito" machete named "Platanero" meaning for Banana trees, though why so heavy I don't know, I assume it's to let the weight do the work. 24" (50cm) long & 1/8" 3mm thick.
After a bit of shaping & a sharpen it looks like this, I consider it more of a Billhook than a machete due to it's thickness & weight, it cuts rather like a small hatchet but is useful due to the long edge.
I actually bought this new recently, something I hardly ever do as I have plenty already but was given a small amount of money with instructions to treat myself, couldn't think of anything so bought a machete........ haha.
I post this image to show a French "Revex" Billhook I own, the Platanero machete is very like this to use. This one I've found surprisingly good to use for jobs I'd use a carpenter's hatchet for!
The machete above came from a Flea market here & isn't broken! It's a "made in Cameroon" under licence from Martindale...... I kid you not! Only 16" 40cm) long, 2.5mm thick at the handle with a nice distal taper. I've tried to find one the same online but can only find a longer 19" one, style is called "Tapanga". Rings like a bell with only a flick from the finger & sustains for ages.
Crocodile manufactured in Cameroon under licence of Martindale. Registered.
And lastly a very old "sickle" knife, full of character & beaten about, I imagine a harvesting knife of some description. Very long full tang that passes right through the handle then is bent round with the end knocked into the handle wood, a common fixing for such tools. Found as a rusty mess & not finished yet, it needs a bit more edge shaping then sharpening.
These are three that didn't make it into here earlier for various reasons, I have a bit of time right now so thought you might like to see them.
The first one started out as this above a "D.e Benito" machete named "Platanero" meaning for Banana trees, though why so heavy I don't know, I assume it's to let the weight do the work. 24" (50cm) long & 1/8" 3mm thick.
After a bit of shaping & a sharpen it looks like this, I consider it more of a Billhook than a machete due to it's thickness & weight, it cuts rather like a small hatchet but is useful due to the long edge.
I actually bought this new recently, something I hardly ever do as I have plenty already but was given a small amount of money with instructions to treat myself, couldn't think of anything so bought a machete........ haha.
I post this image to show a French "Revex" Billhook I own, the Platanero machete is very like this to use. This one I've found surprisingly good to use for jobs I'd use a carpenter's hatchet for!
The machete above came from a Flea market here & isn't broken! It's a "made in Cameroon" under licence from Martindale...... I kid you not! Only 16" 40cm) long, 2.5mm thick at the handle with a nice distal taper. I've tried to find one the same online but can only find a longer 19" one, style is called "Tapanga". Rings like a bell with only a flick from the finger & sustains for ages.
Crocodile manufactured in Cameroon under licence of Martindale. Registered.
And lastly a very old "sickle" knife, full of character & beaten about, I imagine a harvesting knife of some description. Very long full tang that passes right through the handle then is bent round with the end knocked into the handle wood, a common fixing for such tools. Found as a rusty mess & not finished yet, it needs a bit more edge shaping then sharpening.
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I now know why it's called a "Banana tree" machete, apparently Banana "tress" aren't trees at all but instead the worlds largest flowering plant, the trunk (stem) must be cut down after every flowering (bananas produced) before it dies & rots to leave new shoots to grow from the existing roots & then produce bananas again. Any experts please forgive my simplistic description 
Now I understand why it's so heavy, those trunks (stems!) are big & fleshy & some weight has got to help getting through them.
Not to be confused with a regular machete often pictured being used to cut Banana bunches.
Not a machete but a long handled Billhook/slasher.
Now I understand why it's so heavy, those trunks (stems!) are big & fleshy & some weight has got to help getting through them.
Not to be confused with a regular machete often pictured being used to cut Banana bunches.
Not a machete but a long handled Billhook/slasher.
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Some weekend finds...
Things with edges... Including a (off topic) No7 Bailey jointer plane
1910~18.
A Spear & Jackson slasher, I was wanting one of these. I wish folks wouldn't try & "clean" stuff up with angle grinders with stones in them, luckily the vendor admitted stopping because they realised they were doing more harm than good! Nothing I can't sort out.
A 10" Elwell Billhook, second one from the left below. Got a handle to make.....
A digging hoe & a blacksmith made weeding one.
Don't know what this is, 10.5" long with a 6.5" edge, SIGNAL written on it. Part of a machine?
Anyone know or care to guess..... Edit- see next post!
Things with edges... Including a (off topic) No7 Bailey jointer plane
1910~18.
A Spear & Jackson slasher, I was wanting one of these. I wish folks wouldn't try & "clean" stuff up with angle grinders with stones in them, luckily the vendor admitted stopping because they realised they were doing more harm than good! Nothing I can't sort out.
A 10" Elwell Billhook, second one from the left below. Got a handle to make.....
A digging hoe & a blacksmith made weeding one.
Don't know what this is, 10.5" long with a 6.5" edge, SIGNAL written on it. Part of a machine?
Anyone know or care to guess..... Edit- see next post!
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More by luck than judgement!
It's not that big so not exactly sure what it'd be used for. A little evidence of it being struck on the spine, thought that doesn't necessarily mean that was it's proper use!
It's not that big so not exactly sure what it'd be used for. A little evidence of it being struck on the spine, thought that doesn't necessarily mean that was it's proper use!
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More by luck than judgement!
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It's not that big so not exactly sure what it'd be used for. A little evidence of it being struck on the spine, thought that doesn't necessarily mean that was it's proper use!
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The weeding hoe is also called a push-pull hoe and sometimes called a stirrup hoe. They're a fast way to weed your garden.
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Wow, what kind of sorcery did you use to find that! 
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Thank you.
S Square_peg Thanks for the definition, it's the first one I've seen that's hand made, I always thought of them as a relatively recent idea so wonder when it was made.