Unusual Hatchet Name Can Anyone Help ??

[Kevin J Fletcher]

Hi everyone,

I am a newbie member of the forum, so hopefully you might be able to help.....hopefully.

I have a small vintage old

axe/hatchet with name OWELLBRANL or OWELLBRAND and the number 3 stamped into the side of the head.

Any help would be great because all my searching has come up blank arrrrgh!!

 

[Square_peg]

Powell Tool Co. Very old.

https://swingleydev.com/ot/get/262172/thread/

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Hi everyone,

I am a newbie member of the forum, so hopefully you might be able to help.....hopefully.

I have a small vintage old

axe/hatchet with name OWELLBRANL or OWELLBRAND and the number 3 stamped into the side of the head.

Any help would be great because all my searching has come up blank arrrrgh!!

S Square_peg was right. Your maker's mark is missing "P"

It has this somewhat Kent-ish pattern look (unbalanced, bit heavy with light poll, ), so maybe it has English roots.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hand-axe-powell-brand-483564053

https://archive.org/details/BradesSkeltonTyzack1963HomeTradeIllus.PriceList/page/n27/mode/1up

 

[Kevin J Fletcher]

Ahhhh!!! Thanks Guys, brilliant help, it all fits.
I often get donated, axes/hatchets of various types, and most of the time they are either old Sheffield Steel forges or those of North East Midlands Area. I can usually track the old axes, to former forges along the old canal routes of these areas, as most old forges were run by water wheel or steam powered.

Sometimes i might be able to help, like you guys have helped me.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Ahhhh!!! Thanks Guys, brilliant help, it all fits.
I often get donated, axes/hatchets of various types, and most of the time they are either old Sheffield Steel forges or those of North East Midlands Area. I can usually track the old axes, to former forges along the old canal routes of these areas, as most old forges were run by water wheel or steam powered.

Sometimes i might be able to help, like you guys have helped me.

During unrelated research I stumbled on those two hatchets. According to Square_peg's link Powell Tool Co offered hatchets under Monarch and Peerless brands. I think all this together strangthens the argument for your hatchet being produced in Cleveland

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/19th-century-axe-makers-name-peerless-11095936
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/great-vintage-monarch-columbia-axe-429559846