Super score yesterday.

jblyttle

jblyttle

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I was looking around at a showroom that a big local cleanout business runs and found one decent old axe out front. I was kind of surprised that it was all they had, so I mentioned to the woman at the desk that I was looking for that type of thing. She called the owner over and asked if he had anything else, he said yes, come on downstairs! Downstairs was a huge sorting area, or an area for things not "good enough" for the antique type showroom. Above is what I found waiting in a plastic bin.

There is a massive fire axe head, marked U.S, and H.S.

A boy's axe sized Pulaski, with an old style Collins Legitimus logo.

2 unknown maker boy's axe sized heads on 20 inch handles.

A full sized axe Mann Edge Tool, USA

A full sized Kelly's Flint Edge, Charlestown W. VA Hand Forged

2 unknown hatchet/boy's axe heads

an unknown old style camp/scout hatchet

A Stanley hatchet

A super nice Winchester Trade Mark USA roofer hatchet

another nice unknown carpenter hatchet

An AWESOME to be determined carpenter hatchet, best condition I have yet seen, still has a paper label

And my favorite, a Warren Axe Old Faithfull hatchet.

Also included were two nice splitting wedges, a 20 inch handle, a pick/mattock handle, a great little straight pein hammer and a 32" double bit axe handle.

$70 for the lot, how did I do? ;)
 
Nice stash. Sounds like he charged you by the pound.
Can we have a close up of the old faithfull?
Looks like the remains of more than one label is still there.
Got to love that handle on the pulaski.
 



Not cleaned up yet, but there it is. It's one that I think that I will find to be too nice to use. I love the shape.
 
Wow. That is a haul for your money. Pays to ask. "Not good enough" for the early New England armoire crowd? They needed appreciation- they get that this time around.
 
I would also look at the next step up in the Antique show room.

There may be some CHERRY items there too?
 
Thank you, that is a great hatchet! If the Stanly is a "Four Square" it would be almost to good to be true. Its days like you had that keeps us all looking, you just never know.
 
"I would also look at the next step up in the Antique show room.

There may be some CHERRY items there too?"

No, I looked. Mostly it was nice old furniture, old china sets and glassware. You know the kind of place. Really nice stuff to be sure, but not my thing. This place doesn't value rusty tools much, which is fine by me. I told them that I would buy whatever they found a bunch at a time, and left my contact info.
 
Yeah, sure, and if you hadn't found them you'd have made just as much luck, huh? :D

Stanley foursquare has a logo that's just four squares, arranged in a square.
 
chuxwan said:
Yeah, sure, and if you hadn't found them you'd have made just as much luck, huh? :D

Stanley foursquare has a logo that's just four squares, arranged in a square.
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Not foursquare. Let's just say that you can do things to help your chances. ;)
 
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