Which stamp came first? "Norlund" or "Genuine Norlund"?

[ithinkverydeeply]

That's pretty interesting. And a really nice collection!
So everything I've seen does lead me to believe they started with genuine norlund and the type stamped on the other side. Later dropping the type, and even later dropping the genuine.
Maybe all that extra stamping costs too much money lol

There was speculation on the podcast that when the Genuine Norlund dies wore out the company was already in its final throws and suffering for lack of sales, they had to save cost anywhere they could.

kinda stands to reason that they first stopped stamping on both sides of the axes, and stopped doing pattern name stamps. Then finally had to do away with the “genuine”.
I’ll pair this with my theory about doing it originally to let people know that indeed it was the same Norlund company they knew. By the time they did away with the genuine stamp it would have been well over 10 years into their production and they would already have name recognition.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

I don’t know exactly how much he paid for this but I do know it was a pretty penny and it’s funny that one of the latest, “crappiest” voyagers is also the most expensive and hardest to find now.

 

[Ryan D]

Been reading this post. So, no one has mentioned the leather pouch to protect the blade. I have a Norlund, it doesn't say genuine, and it has the leather with a buckle. Hard to believe this is the same era as the blister pack from the 80s. In most collectibles, using words like genuine is a red flag, but maybe not here.

 

[chris1]

Been reading this post. So, no one has mentioned the leather pouch to protect the blade. I have a Norlund, it doesn't say genuine, and it has the leather with a buckle. Hard to believe this is the same era as the blister pack from the 80s. In most collectibles, using words like genuine is a red flag, but maybe not here.

Hello, Killinger here. I have spent a good deal of my time collecting this brand and researching it. Im currently researching more so I can Put together all my findings and try to give the most complete information possible. The leather Sheath was completely dropped by the end as you can see in this thread. The blister pack is the end of the line. Over the years the axes made many transitions and not everything was dropped all at once. So you have a "norlund" axe with a sheath. It could be from the 70's, early 80's ? Who knows? From everything I can tell, Genuine Norlund was first. There are no knock offs that I have ever seen.