working mans axe, 3.5lb on original handle that has the feel of a 1940's female movie star. notice the 3 nails in the handle measuring 6, 12 and 24 inch.
That really is a sexy slender beauty.
The grain is spot on and the measuring nails...you have found a little piece of history in that one.
Thanks for posting that up and detailing the nails
@Miller ‘72 - an impressive holiday haul!!! I love the way these cleaned up! I know that I may be stepping into a hornet’s nest, but, can you share your recipe? I have a workbench full of ‘rusty gold’ that I need to start rehabbing. Thanks.There were a few pleasant surprises found under some rust
yeah man they're usually really expensive but i got it from a jblyttle type guy, someone that knows the real value of tools so i didnt mind shelling out 15 for one with a broken but functional iron
I’ve gotten a couple noteworthy items here, some J sells with original handles and an old lugged double bit Beatty.
The seller of the Beatty did not know if it was a mortising axe or a PSF and had it listed as a mortising axe.
However I suspect that it is a rather rare Northwest Falling pattern with lugs. Or maybe a Pacific Coast Falling pattern with lugs, perhaps a Narrow Falling pattern with lugs..
In my experience mortising axes are usually much thicker and bigger, up to like 24”. And some of the early falling axes around the 1890’s had narrower bits.
I feel pretty lucky with both these finds.
I'm not sure how I missed this yesterday. But holy crap man! The haul was impressive in itself. But then to uncover that many makers? That is pretty good odds. You should probably go buy a lotto ticket or go to the track or something. Besides all the random crap I just mumbled, I am speechless. Well done sir!There were a few pleasant surprises found under some rust
And with that diamond eye, would that mean it's from one or the firms in Maine ?I’ve gotten a couple noteworthy items here, some J sells with original handles and an old lugged double bit Beatty.
The seller of the Beatty did not know if it was a mortising axe or a PSF and had it listed as a mortising axe.
However I suspect that it is a rather rare Northwest Falling pattern with lugs. Or maybe a Pacific Coast Falling pattern with lugs, perhaps a Narrow Falling pattern with lugs..
In my experience mortising axes are usually much thicker and bigger, up to like 24”. And some of the early falling axes around the 1890’s had narrower bits.
I feel pretty lucky with both these finds.
I have a have a vintage 42” octagonal but I’m not sure it would be at home on it. It takes a pretty big axe to look right on it, like a full 13” falling, this one is only 12”.Wow... just wow... I have never seen one of these before. That is an amazing axe right there!! On a 42” handle maybe! Just amazing.
And with that diamond eye, would that mean it's from one or the firms in Maine ?
Beautiful axe either way.
I'd love to see a pointed lug saddle axe.
Maybe at some point I'll buy another marbles / Imicasa saddle axe and have some pics welded into it, might turn out okay ?
Beatty operated in Pennsylvania from 1806-1905+~ I'm not sure it is, I hadn’t considered it a diamond eye, is it?
Man that axe is wonderful... IMHO one of the best looking axes I've ever seen. And to have the stamp WITH the steer still present! Geez it doesn't get much better than that! Well done sir!I’ve gotten a couple noteworthy items here, some J sells with original handles and an old lugged double bit Beatty.
The seller of the Beatty did not know if it was a mortising axe or a PSF and had it listed as a mortising axe.
However I suspect that it is a rather rare Northwest Falling pattern with lugs. Or maybe a Pacific Coast Falling pattern with lugs, perhaps a Narrow Falling pattern with lugs..
In my experience mortising axes are usually much thicker and bigger, up to like 24”. And some of the early falling axes around the 1890’s had narrower bits.
I feel pretty lucky with both these finds.
I’ve gotten a couple noteworthy items here, some J sells with original handles and an old lugged double bit Beatty.
The seller of the Beatty did not know if it was a mortising axe or a PSF and had it listed as a mortising axe.
However I suspect that it is a rather rare Northwest Falling pattern with lugs. Or maybe a Pacific Coast Falling pattern with lugs, perhaps a Narrow Falling pattern with lugs..
In my experience mortising axes are usually much thicker and bigger, up to like 24”. And some of the early falling axes around the 1890’s had narrower bits.
I feel pretty lucky with both these finds.
On both counts no. It’s for swinging. Double bevel and cheeks. It’s got the right size plus it’s not thick like a mortising axe. I’m saying lugged northwest falling.The book there shows and states that a double bit mortise axe is sharpened as a single bevel but on opposite sides in order to flip the axe over as opposed to the user having to move to the other side of the cut. Does yours show being kept like that?
Your book also makes the distinction of them being narrow and pretty uniformly so from bit to eye. Yours seems to widen out from eye to edge more like a traditional axe.
They seem like something that you would hold close to your own frame to accurately use? Adding another long sharp bit seems like you might mortise yourself as easily as what you’re working on? (Or maybe that is just me thinking of using it lol)
Like I said, I don’t have the practical experience to answer my own question.
I’ve gotten a couple noteworthy items here, some J sells with original handles and an old lugged double bit Beatty.
The seller of the Beatty did not know if it was a mortising axe or a PSF and had it listed as a mortising axe.
However I suspect that it is a rather rare Northwest Falling pattern with lugs. Or maybe a Pacific Coast Falling pattern with lugs, perhaps a Narrow Falling pattern with lugs..
In my experience mortising axes are usually much thicker and bigger, up to like 24”. And some of the early falling axes around the 1890’s had narrower bits.
I feel pretty lucky with both these finds.