Which head would you choose?

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Osuguy89

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I have a choice between these two True Temper Kelly Perfect axe heads. Planning to restore/hang one and looking for opinions on which head would be the better choice. One has mushrooming and no ridges in the eye. The other has a dent/crack on the pole and has 4 ridges in the eye. Thanks for the help.















 
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The bottom head on these pictures has a fuller bit and less wear on the toe - so that's the one I would pick. I think that might also be the one with eye ridges. I think you also said it had a crack in the poll which looked like in the pictures was just a little bit in the top corner which isn't a big deal as you shouldn't be banging on steel with the poll anyways so it shouldn't get worse as long as you don't abuse the axe.
 
FLINT77 said:
The bottom head on these pictures has a fuller bit and less wear on the toe - so that's the one I would pick. I think that might also be the one with eye ridges. I think you also said it had a crack in the poll which looked like in the pictures was just a little bit in the top corner which isn't a big deal as you shouldn't be banging on steel with the poll anyways so it shouldn't get worse as long as you don't abuse the axe.
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Some others mentioned the same thing about the bit and the toe, so thats the one I ended up going with. Thanks for the input. Looking forward to hanging it.
 
Osuguy89 said:
I have a choice between these two True Temper Kelly Perfect axe heads. Planning to restore/hang one and looking for opinions on which head would be the better choice. One has mushrooming and no ridges in the eye. The other has a dent/crack on the pole and has 4 ridges in the eye. Thanks for the help.















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Bottom one with the strong toe.
 
FLINT77 said:
The bottom head on these pictures has a fuller bit and less wear on the toe - so that's the one I would pick. I think that might also be the one with eye ridges. I think you also said it had a crack in the poll which looked like in the pictures was just a little bit in the top corner which isn't a big deal as you shouldn't be banging on steel with the poll anyways so it shouldn't get worse as long as you don't abuse the axe.
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The chip also indicates a hardened poll.
 
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