What did you rehang today?

[phantomknives]

it still looks good,if it is past its temper, it'll still be a good splitting boys axe since its a small head and edge retention isnt as important

 

[junkenstien]

4lb flint edge 34inch handle

 

[Agent_H]

Very nice Junkenstein!

 

[Square_peg]

Good looking axe, Junkenstein! The bits look hardly used.

 

[junkenstien]

Thank you.yes sir someone took care of it for a while
and then someone let it get rusty and sold it to a stranger for next to nothing

 

[Blue Sasquatch]

This was a fun one.

Sold by Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Company, who were the leading supplier of wholesale hardware and mining supplies out of San Francisco between 1888 to 1927. Hung on a hickory handle with black walnut wedge.

 

[garry3]

I rehung this saw...
Well maybe not, but close enough. Its a 18" D-8 Disston. Cleaned up with water and a broken chunk of a sand stone wheel. I thought it was a panel saw but was told it was a trim saw and the lack of set in the teeth and shape was original to it. I don't know. Sure there are some others here more knowledgeable than me that might say something. I followed what was there and it doesn't cut fast but it is pretty kind on finishing cuts with out tear out. I will use it for odd jobs around the shop.
The etch pop back out but I am not photographer enough to catch it.

 

[Square_peg]

Did you think you could slip that two-piece square in there without me noticing?

 

[Hickory n steel]

I rehung this saw...
Well maybe not, but close enough. Its a 18" D-8 Disston. Cleaned up with water and a broken chunk of a sand stone wheel. I thought it was a panel saw but was told it was a trim saw and the lack of set in the teeth and shape was original to it. I don't know. Sure there are some others here more knowledgeable than me that might say something. I followed what was there and it doesn't cut fast but it is pretty kind on finishing cuts with out tear out. I will use it for odd jobs around the shop.
The etch pop back out but I am not photographer enough to catch it.

The handle is in great shape for a 1940's or earlier disston.
If you want to know exactly what you're saw is go to the disstonian institute, it's a great sight with about anything you may want to know about disston.

 

[jblyttle]

This will be fun to play with. A homemade fireside friend. 6lb head on an 18" handle. Wedge on a stick.

 

[garry3]

The handle is in great shape for a 1940's or earlier disston.
If you want to know exactly what you're saw is go to the disstonian institute, it's a great sight with about anything you may want to know about disston.

That's a good site for dating disstons. It dates the medallion 1896-1917.

 

[jblyttle]

A 3lb E&S (1945) on a 29" handle. I left it unsharpened.

 

[phantomknives]

looks like someone took a forge to that maul, be sure to check the edge

 

[Hickory n steel]

That's a good site for dating disstons. It dates the medallion 1896-1917.

Well it's certainly got the beautiful earlier style handle, and I'm sure it just fits the hand so well.

 

[osage outlaw]

Nothing fancy here. I cleaned it up in my electrolysis tank and found a new handle for it. I'm not crazy about the plastic but that's the only one I could find. I have a job around the house that I needed it for.

 

[Square_peg]

No stamp?

 

[osage outlaw]

On the pick ax?

 

[Square_peg]

On the pick ax?

Yes.

 

[osage outlaw]

Yes.

I think I saw a couple marks on it. I'll look when I get home tonight.

 

[jblyttle]

No markings that I can see, but a quality head if I have an eye for such things. A local tree service was selling it for $10, an easy buy. The handle was good but a bit punky at the head end. Thankfully there was an excess so I was able to cut it back to fresh wood.