Who has a Sager hatchet?

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I live close to Warren, Pennsylvania so it is no surprise that I see Warren Axe and Tool Company products laying around here. Yesterday I was at a flea-market and a guy had a Sager hatchet for sale for $50.

That was far out of my price range for a used tool, but it was still interesting and when I got home I took a look at the 1937 Warren catalog and I did not see any Sager hatchets in it at all, nor did I find any Sager hatchets for sale or in sold-listings on Ebay.

There was nothing special looking about the Sager hatchet at the flea=market, it's design and size were very standard and plain, but unlike Sager axes, it does not look like anybody with the need and money would have an easy time finding one to purchase. Maybe if that guy and his Sager hatchet are back at the same flea market next year I will see if he has come down on the price at all.....
 
Dilemma for sure. $50 doesn't seem outlandish for a storied, quality and perhaps rare piece (especially if it's in great shape), more so when you look at what's available new today for under $100. But then how many hatchets does a man need if he's not a collector? Funny how I spent 35 years gathering up one particular brand of chopper and now that I'm semi retired am only seeking to redistribute or find good homes for them all.
 
That's a price where you really have to think about it. Maybe offer him $30 and see what he says. If it was in near new condition (no grinder marks, no mushrooming, original haft) I might go as high as $50 or even higher.
 
Steve Tall said:
There are Sager hatchets on page 9 of my copy of that Warren catalog. Never saw one before.
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Okay I see it now, they call them "axe pattern hatchets".

Of course the one at the flea market did not have any label, it was just stamped Warren and something about Chemical etc.. As long as it is easy to find axes and hatchets at sales and relatives houses for zero to five dollars it is very hard to justify making the leap to investing large amounts of money into them. It is still interesting to research and learn about them, especially manufacturers that are local to me, that part of the hobby is free!

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I spent a couple years looking at hatchets coming through Ebay back when I was buying some for my collection. They weren't very popular and axes were just starting to take off. I bought Collins Legitimus and True Temper Tomahawk hatchets for $10 each and could have bought more at that price. I never saw a Sager hatchet in all that time or I would have bought it. Another thing about Sager is I estimate at least 10 to 1 double bit Sagers to single bit Sagers. Much different ratio than the rest of the big companies. I think Warren just concentrated on their premium product that was in demand for the Sager line.
 
I have a couple Warren hatchets. Small, almost a jersey shape to them. I will see if I can dig them out.
 
Sure there are Warren hatchets, but how many marked Sager? I've never seen one. It would have a lot of collector interest if it was marked "chemical process" with a date.
 
A small axe made by Warren Axe and Tool. This one is of the Chemical Axe brand, dated 1949, and in their catalog it is described as a special Camp Axe with a tool-steel bit. About 16" overall makes it a hatchet in my book. A 96 year-old man living a few blocks away from me had this hanging in his basement.

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Correct again Steve. Thank you! Kelly, Collins and Plumb also made Cedar axes and I guess this Texas-origin pattern lent itself to utility and hunters hatchets as well.
 
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