I don't think I've seen one quite like that before. It looks interesting and useful. Especially if it has a large eye which it appears to have. Can you measure the length and width of the top of the eye?Not sure what I got yesterday but I couldn't walk away from it. I haven't taken a brush to it yet but I can't see any markings and the handle appears to be the original. There are traces of red paint and it appears to have 6 eye ridges. The guy I got it from appeared to be well into his 70's and he said he had owned it since he was young enough to "swing it all day"
Any ideas what it is?
Could be a Montreal pattern
Not sure what I got yesterday but I couldn't walk away from it. I haven't taken a brush to it yet but I can't see any markings and the handle appears to be the original. There are traces of red paint and it appears to have 6 eye ridges. The guy I got it from appeared to be well into his 70's and he said he had owned it since he was young enough to "swing it all day"
Any ideas what it is?
Not sure what I got yesterday but I couldn't walk away from it. I haven't taken a brush to it yet but I can't see any markings and the handle appears to be the original. There are traces of red paint and it appears to have 6 eye ridges. The guy I got it from appeared to be well into his 70's and he said he had owned it since he was young enough to "swing it all day"
Any ideas what it is?
The OAL of axe and handle is 26 1/2" and the eye is approximately 2 1/16" x 11/16"
It appears to have 6 eye ridges.
Great haul for one day at Hillsville. I've been going for as long as I can remember and yesterday was probably the least productive day I've ever had. Part of it could have been my practicing self restraint and part of it was a lower than average number of vendors. We're heading back tomorrow undaunted by the first day.
Day one in hillsville for the swap meet, not the best haul for 150$ but they use almost exclusively 20's and 5's,
60 on the husqy splitter, 23 for the vice, 25 for the wrench and two side spokeshave, 20 for the James swan but roll, 15 for the Cooper's shave, 1 for the card scraper and 1 for the forge material, I mean uhh rasp
Oh, on a side note, it looks like True Temper made a more traditionally shaped Hudson Bay pattern without the “choil” - I hadn’t actually seen that one until now.
Looks like Woodslaher (I had impression that for Hudson Bay Boy's Axe, TT head was a little bit too heavy in comparison to Collins/Norlund ones and just slightly lighter than my FSS TT Boy's Axe)Not sure what I got yesterday but I couldn't walk away from it. I haven't taken a brush to it yet but I can't see any markings and the handle appears to be the original. There are traces of red paint and it appears to have 6 eye ridges. The guy I got it from appeared to be well into his 70's and he said he had owned it since he was young enough to "swing it all day"
Any ideas what it is?
A KATCO!
Pretty good haul for me today! Especially considering I just worked all day and didn't even go anywhere except to work and back! A very nice older gentleman who I do work for went to an auction today. Got me 7 axes, 3 ice tongs, 2 crosscut saws and more stuff that I can
list!
Nicest of all is an E&S 3-1/4lb wedge made in 1939. Weighs #3-3.8oz.
Another neat thing is a case hardened wrench. It's much nicer looking in daylight.
I've never seen anything marked "pexto" AND PS&W!
Must've been during the name transition period to help with the pexto name recognition?
There's a bunch of neat stuff but it's way too much for one post. Man am I stoked! He asked $115 for it to recover what he spent and I happily gave him some extra. What a nice thing to do! I've helped him a lot over the years so he does what he can to help me too. "Help" as in fill my already over-full house! Haha. More pics tomorrow. Take care!