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That is one very cool axe YJ Cool Hand Luke cool
What pattern is that?
Thank you! It's a rockaway! I got it from a code enforcement officer that I met last fall. I ask EVERYONE if they have any axes... He said he's got more but has to dig for them. Ten bucks!That is one very cool axe YJ Cool Hand Luke cool
What pattern is that?
Thank you! It's a rockaway! I got it from a code enforcement officer that I met last fall. I ask EVERYONE if they have any axes... He said he's got more but has to dig for them. Ten bucks!
Where do you live?
I may have another coming soon...Meeeeee tooooooo. I've been looking for a Knot Klipper (don't have one) that catches my fancy at any rate, and there goes the coolest one I've ever seen and I missed it. So it goes, so it goes. Dagnabbit.
You win LOL.
Ooo, that a McKinnon?
Yes, with original octagonal handle
Man lucky you! I search that site often and missed that completely. Nice score!Got this little beauty on eBay a few days ago. Fifteen bucks, nobody else bid on it. Very little use. Pulled it off the haft and brushed off the rust with a med niolox wheel. I wanted to use a fine but i couldn't find it. I don't know how something like that goes missing lol. I was light around the etch, tried to get the top but not the background to make it pop. 1.25lbs. Will hang it soon with an awesome piece of oak from an old haft.
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Man lucky you! I search that site often and missed that completely. Nice score!
It worked out for the best anyhow. The chances are good that some of us have been in bidding wars with each other before and unknowingly have been cursing each other out. Hahaha.
I'm going to put a convex on it and use it, that's a pretty cool ax for around camp. Not the best splitter, but as a smaller kephart type implement very very handy.
ETA: And I agree! I'm sure some of us have cost one another money lol. But it seems like the local deals make up for it in the end.
One thing about the Keen Kutter brand is that, around here (SE KY), no matter how uninformed the local sellers are, they all recognize and way over price the Keen Kutters. I have lucked into some very decent deals but don’t own a Keen Kutter. Thanks for posting. Really enjoy seeing the rusty gold you all find. I am about a year out from retirement and I plan on relearning how to post pics and share some of my modest collection.
These followed me home over the weekend. All of the Collins have original handles in perfect condition, the Legitimus, and Commander are weight stamped on the poll. The double bit swamper is simply stamped Collins. The Legitimus, supposedly the best axe Collins made has horrible, perfectly horizontal grain.
Both of the Plumbs have cracked handles. The boys axe handle can be saved, but the 4 pounders can not.