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[Miller '72]

36" one man is the first crosscut i aquired...4 years ago maybe.
The felling saw about 3 months after the 36".

The double i scored sleeping, it was a sleeper, last spring or summer and the William Penn just found me finally today!

Good things are worth being patient for...

Thank you to ithinkverydeeply for this picture from a 1927 page..

Well at hand I have a 1927 Supplee-Biddle catalog showing several patterns.

Thanks for following along on my Supplee journey and hope it continues.

 

[Hairy Clipper]

36" one man is the first crosscut i aquired...4 years ago maybe.
The felling saw about 3 months after the 36".

The double i scored sleeping, it was a sleeper, last spring or summer and the William Penn just found me finally today!

Good things are worth being patient for...

Thank you to ithinkverydeeply for this picture from a 1927 page..

Thanks for following along on my Supplee journey and hope it continues.

I don't know if it is an optical illusion or if there is quite a of bit of set on that single man saw? William Penn looks to be in pretty good shape ... nice finds!

 

[Yankee Josh]

36" one man is the first crosscut i aquired...4 years ago maybe.
The felling saw about 3 months after the 36".

The double i scored sleeping, it was a sleeper, last spring or summer and the William Penn just found me finally today!

Good things are worth being patient for...

Thank you to ithinkverydeeply for this picture from a 1927 page..

Thanks for following along on my Supplee journey and hope it continues.

If there's one thing I don't suffer from it's a lack of words. But I'm just plumb out sufficient adjectives to describe how nice that Jersey is! It is either the nicest or tied with the nicest Supplee Biddle I've ever seen! What a gorgeous axe man! Congratulations on that brother. That must immediately jump to the top of the heap! The other items are nice too but frankly, in my opinion anyway, pale in comparison.

 

[OnceBitten]

If there's one thing I don't suffer from it's a lack of words. But I'm just plumb out sufficient adjectives......

The other items are nice too but frankly, I'm my onion anyway, pale in comparison.

You definitely win the award for "Best use of the word "onion" in a sentence".

 

[Meek1]

36" one man is the first crosscut i aquired...4 years ago maybe.
The felling saw about 3 months after the 36".

The double i scored sleeping, it was a sleeper, last spring or summer and the William Penn just found me finally today!

Good things are worth being patient for...

Thank you to ithinkverydeeply for this picture from a 1927 page..

Thanks for following along on my Supplee journey and hope it continues.

Hot damn Miller! This is what it looks like when lightning strikes! That Wm Penn is ridiculous! Wow man that is a once in a lifetime right there! Way to go!!!!!

 

[Yankee Josh]

You definitely win the award for "Best use of the word "onion" in a sentence".

Haha thanks. I always check but that's one of those words it's easy to miss even when proof reading. I did change my post but folks can see it above in your quote. Lol.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

36" one man is the first crosscut i aquired...4 years ago maybe.
The felling saw about 3 months after the 36".

The double i scored sleeping, it was a sleeper, last spring or summer and the William Penn just found me finally today!

Good things are worth being patient for...

Thank you to ithinkverydeeply for this picture from a 1927 page..

Thanks for following along on my Supplee journey and hope it continues.

You were supposed to stick to Connies!
What a sweet axe.
Made in Lewistown, Pa?

 

[Miller '72]

You were supposed to stick to Connies!
What a sweet axe.
Made in Lewistown, Pa?

Thank you! Lol!!
I am loyal to connies...always lol!

 

[Miller '72]

You were supposed to stick to Connies!
What a sweet axe.
Made in Lewistown, Pa?

I have been trying to find some discussions or posts that mention the who possibles that provided axes and implements to Supplee.
I remember reading but still searching for, that Collins supplied but never read any one maker had exclusivity.

The bevel in the cheeks on it, I feel are Mann bevels but what does that mean really

Thanks again.

I have some new connies i should post up, just havent had a moment to hang anything for weeks.

 

[Miller '72]

 

[Glenn Bailey]

That double!!

 

[lmalterna]

That Rockaway !!!!!! Man that is nice!

Bill

 

[FLINT77]

Boy Howdy!

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Darn that is beauty!!!
I start to little worry about your costly addiction to Supplee Biddle products !! Should we call an Axorcist???

 

[Miller '72]

Darn that is beauty!!!
I start to little worry about your costly addiction to Supplee Biddle products !! Should we call an Axorcist???

Thank you buddy!
Not just yet.

Boy Howdy!

How-Deeeee! Thank you man!

That Rockaway !!!!!! Man that is nice!

Bill

I greatly appreciate that! I like it alot too!
Of my WmPenn axes, this Rock definitely has the crispest of the crosshatch work on the WmPenn figure in the embossment.
Thank you

That double!!

I know!!
Comes to me with a rich full history, purchased, used and owned by 3 generations of the same PA family...I Love It!!

Thank you!
I feel I need a family photo for Supplee and Supplee-Biddle soon.

 

[Miller '72]

Supplee-Biddle Hardware
WmPenn Axe
Trio
Three Amigos

4½lbs
31"
9¼" Head
5" Bit

4¼lbs
27¾"
6½" Head
4½" Bit

5lbs
29⅜"
7⅝" Head
5" Bit

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Supplee-Biddle Hardware
WmPenn Axe
Trio
Three Amigos

4½lbs
31"
9¼" Head
5" Bit

4¼lbs
27¾"
6½" Head
4½" Bit

5lbs
29⅜"
7⅝" Head
5" Bit

¡Ay, caramba! Tres Amigos indeed
Did you replace that Rockaway's Craftsman haft for something else?

 

[Miller '72]

¡Ay, caramba! Tres Amigos indeed
Did you replace that Rockaway's Craftsman haft for something else?

No sir...even better.
And still not time for an intervention lol!

 

[lmalterna]

All nice but that Rockaway is really special.
Bill

 

[Meek1]

Supplee-Biddle Hardware
WmPenn Axe
Trio
Three Amigos

4½lbs
31"
9¼" Head
5" Bit

4¼lbs
27¾"
6½" Head
4½" Bit

5lbs
29⅜"
7⅝" Head
5" Bit

My head hurts. What have you done? This is insane!!! Can we still be friends now that you are next level? Awesome layout man! Very happy for you!!!!!