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It followed me home (Part 2)

Great haul. The buck saw should cover what you paid.

Miller '72 said:
NOS, slightly rusty, Little Giant True Temper shovel
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I like those old steel scoop shovels for use as snow shovels. We don't get much snow here but what we gets tends to be wet heavy slushy stuff thay gets packed on the side walk. Those steel shovels work best. I wire cup them good and then wax them with beeswax so the snow releases.
 
Square_peg said:
Great haul. The buck saw should cover what you paid.



I like those old steel scoop shovels for use as snow shovels. We don't get much snow here but what we gets tends to be wet heavy slushy stuff thay gets packed on the side walk. Those steel shovels work best. I wire cup them good and then wax them with beeswax so the snow releases.
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I too use them for the icy slushy stuff here.
Ever since my days doing asphalt driveways and concrete I doused my shovels with a little #2 diesel/ heating oil. Then I switched to vegg oil for home winter use...beeswax is probably longer lasting I assume.
 
Maine20 said:
https://imgur.com/a/G3S6W

New Haven edge tool 10 inch draw knife. Handles are solid and it still has plenty of edge to work with. Anyone know anything about the company? I did a bit of looking but did not find much.
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Sounds like it's pre-1911-ish. You probably already know that in 1911 the Sargent Tool catalog listed a bunch of V-B-M brand items with the note "Formerly New Haven Tool Co. Brand". Here's the catalog, for reference:

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Sargent Tool Book : Mechanics' Tools 1911
by Sargent & Co.
Publication date 1911
https://archive.org/stream/SargentToolBook1911Catalog/Sargent Tool Book 1911 Catalog#page/n87/mode/2up/
 
Steve Tall said:
Sounds like it's pre-1911-ish. You probably already know that in 1911 the Sargent Tool catalog listed a bunch of V-B-M brand items with the note "Formerly New Haven Tool Co. Brand". Here's the catalog, for reference:

BookReaderImages.php

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Sargent Tool Book : Mechanics' Tools 1911
by Sargent & Co.
Publication date 1911
https://archive.org/stream/SargentToolBook1911Catalog/Sargent Tool Book 1911 Catalog#page/n87/mode/2up/
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Thanks! I did find an association with Sargent tool but no way to date it.
 
Steve Tall said:
Sounds like it's pre-1911-ish. You probably already know that in 1911 the Sargent Tool catalog listed a bunch of V-B-M brand items with the note "Formerly New Haven Tool Co. Brand". Here's the catalog, for reference:

BookReaderImages.php

BookReaderImages.php

Sargent Tool Book : Mechanics' Tools 1911
by Sargent & Co.
Publication date 1911
https://archive.org/stream/SargentToolBook1911Catalog/Sargent Tool Book 1911 Catalog#page/n87/mode/2up/
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Thank you Steve, great information about another great old Connecticut company X2.
 
Maine20 said:
Thanks! I did find an association with Sargent tool but no way to date it.
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More information about "New Haven Edge Tool Co." can be found here:
http://swingleydev.com/ot/get/157110/thread/

It sounds like "New Haven Edge Tool Co." was a brand from Sargent until 1911-ish, but possibly made by others (like Jennings and Griffin), since no records could be found of an actual company called "New Haven Edge Tool Co."

There is mention of a tool that was stamped both "New Haven Edge Tool Co." and "Jennings and Griffin". Here's the old auction listing for it:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/jennings-griffin-new-haven-tool-co-1-gouge

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rjdankert said:
Followed me home this morning. It spent the weekend in Federal custody. A Fed Agent was dispatched to deliver it saturday, but thought my driveway to snowy to navigate.;)


It's a big boy.









The wedge alone weighs 5 1/2 lbs. I could not find any trace of a trademark.


Link to an earlier post with a video where one like this is used:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/axe-and-other-hand-tool-work-1936-germany.1323959/#post-15194903

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Bob
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Thanks!!! never heard about socket wedge.. must be rare find. I just wonder if sharpened backhoe bucket tooth + piece of hardwood +cattle ring would work in similar fashion... challenge for D@v3 C@nterbury: get lost in the woods and survive with just backhoe tooth :-)
 
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I went with intention only to buy the scythe handle and ask about any axe or hatchet there may be in the barn...he came out with this 5' Cross cut two man felling saw.

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I did not necessarily want another felling crosscut however this one is in solid condition with a near prominent etch still visible...

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Liberty Bell Supplee Biddle Hardware Co.
Philadelphia.
Same hardware etch as my 1st saw, the 36" one man that I am dying to get back to and start jointing.
Sometimes family does require my passions to take a long back seat rest but it's give and take and give a little more ;)
Here is my 36" Supplee Biddle with my newly acquired 60" Supplee Biddle.
I am not all that experienced and knowledgeable regarding crosscut however this 50" saw looks never or very infrequently used, very straight blade holding and looking down the back of the blade, possibly not sharpened outside the factory, though it does have one replacement handle and one original so what do i know LOL...just an observational guess.

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The gentleman told me this morning that his grandfather purchased this saw and probably hung it in the chicken coup for decades...the farm is in its last generation now, started in his family back in 1864 he said, same land, same house.
Where are those tools sir?:)

I am pretty happy with today's barn finds.
I have a set of Supplee Biddle Hardware Co. Crosscuts!
Philadelphia to CT farmland...i love it!
 
rjdankert said:
Followed me home this morning. It spent the weekend in Federal custody. A Fed Agent was dispatched to deliver it saturday, but thought my driveway to snowy to navigate.;)


It's a big boy.









The wedge alone weighs 5 1/2 lbs. I could not find any trace of a trademark.


Link to an earlier post with a video where one like this is used:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/axe-and-other-hand-tool-work-1936-germany.1323959/#post-15194903

Screen shots from the video:





Bob
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That is an awesome wedge! That's the first time I've seen or heard of a socket wedge. Thank you for the pictures and the link to that video. I was excited to see them working that log on the elevated rails. I made a very similar stand in my sloped yard for splitting big osage logs. It allows me to get the logs up to a comfortable working height without lifting them. I'm glad to see some old footage of a similar set up.
 
Bob, about 40 yrs ago I found an exact twin to your wedge. I replaced the socket wood with a piece of hickory, and then made a commander with a osage head and a hickory haft to drive the wedge. The combination helped me win many rail splitting contests.
 
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