What did you rehang today?

I believe American Fork and Hoe bought out Kelly in the 30s, and renamed their axe line to True Temper somewhere around 1949, and sold the Kelly name in the eighties, so somewhere between then!
 
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They are decent hatchets. Better than average steel and thin bits. Don't really have a high centerline but they do have the beveled cheeks. A unique design. I would think the bushcrafters would really like them.
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My son spent the afternoon splitting 2-3 inch pieces into fireplace kindling. Said it worked well and splitting was easy! Good news.
 
That is a FINE pulaski. Very fresh. Top notch. Just a little bit of toe wear. I think True Temper was making axes at the Kelly Works for several decades to it's hard to judge the age of that piece. In any case it's a great find for you.
 
Found a Craftsman at the flea market for 6 bucks, it looked like it was bought for one job then put away to languish in the barn until I got it. No before pics it was a little rusty but not too bad and the haft was a tad on the dry side, overall it was in very good shape. I decided to go all artsy fartsy on it. I have been intrigued by the Best Made Axes, but thought they should not put paint on the gripping area of the haft. This art axe will end up as a wall hanger for a friend in his den.

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Smith357, I really like what you are doing there. What kind of dye are you using? I see you sealed the around the head also. something I really believe in, what did you seal it with? Despite its wall hanger status it looks to be field ready. Really good job.
 
PWRstroke_smoke said:
Kelly works true temper flint edge Pulaski
it's in very good condition and looks to have little use
still need to sharpen it and make a leather cover
what is the year of this one with the kelly works true temper stamp?





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I think them heads are before the 1970's, how much before I can't say. They are 3 3/4lbs but they don't meet the later FS specs for dimensions. The newer ones have wider grub hoes and are longer overall, they are stamped FSS.
Really nice vintage Pulaski.
 
garry3 said:
Smith357, I really like what you are doing there. What kind of dye are you using? I see you sealed the around the head also. something I really believe in, what did you seal it with? Despite its wall hanger status it looks to be field ready. Really good job.
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The dye is a guitar dye diluted with alcohol

I use a bee's wax concoction to seal the wood on all my hand tools, consisting of 4 parts bee's wax, 3 parts real tung oil, BLO, or EVOO and 1 part lemon or orange oil.

Yes it is ready to use, thought I still need to put the final polish on the edge.
 
My wife sent this to me while I was out today. Recent hangs just getting BLO head up.

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I thought it was neat photo but I guess they were too close to the back-up toilet paper when she reached out the garage door..

Texted her back that there is quick-clot on the shelf underneath that one. Guess I missed that she wasn't joking...
 
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Agent_H said:
My wife sent this to me while I was out today. Recent hangs just getting BLO head up.



I thought it was neat photo but I guess they were too close to the back-up toilet paper when she reached out the garage door..

Texted her back that there is quick-clot on the shelf underneath that one. Guess I missed that she wasn't joking...
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Excellent wedges! really digging the 4th from top! :)
 
Remzy said:
Excellent wedges! really digging the 4th from top! :)
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Not a recent hang but here it is a bit closer. TT Flint Edge cruiser.
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Waiting to present my final research project and would rather be at home with a beer on the bench.
 
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I finished this one this morning.
I’ve had this no name head for a while in a drawer. It looks and feels like my other Collins boy’s axes but if it was marked then it was worn from use or the previous owner. It’s “file resistant” and took a good edge.
Didn’t get a picture of it before the angle wiring but here it was after clean-up and 80 percent or so sharpening.
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I used some cold bluing on it, hence the gear next to it. The patina was fine and it probably was unnecessary but the handle was a nice light color after gluing/clamping the swell and sanding. Thought it would be a nice contrast. The handle is off a Kelly Woodslasher that is going on a new handle. You probably can see the ridge marks. A very small portion of the handle next to the wedge broke of but right at the top of the eye – still fully filled below.

Still unsure about the bluing but it didn’t hurt anything.
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I’m meeting a friend who moved into a new place and he has a lot of overgrown trees to limb and a couple to take down. Along with the property maintenance he now has a large fireplace in his front room. Also found out he’s going to be a dad. Baby shower gift my wife says…
I think he’s going to really get a kick out of this when I stop by this afternoon.

Axe porn, happy weekend.
 
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Ultrahesh, I zoomed up on the wedges. Great work- clean, even, and supple. Is the wedge grain opposite the handle grain on the Collins? Thanks for sharing.
 
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