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Epic morning fellas.Went to spend 25 bucks ended up spending 80.Just opening up the boxes.image upload
Epic is an understatement Mr. Junkestien
Man you have some history and stories in that top box for sure
Epic morning fellas.Went to spend 25 bucks ended up spending 80.Just opening up the boxes.image upload
What an interesting piece from historical point of view.I took quite a few photos of this... Not every day you find a hog splitter made in 1841!!! Underhill-Boston . 32" long and weighs 12lb 10oz.
First a couple of how it looked when I got it;
I wire wheeled it and cleaned and coated it with ballistol.
I find this thing so cool! I just can't believe after nigh on 200 years old it survived in as good of shape as it is. It's right up there with cool factor in my book. Also I recieved my latest Thomas Lamond book. This is a great resource and one I highly recommend.
I'm gonna go find me a hog! Haha.
It does look re-steeled. But I don't know enough about it to really add much to that discussion. I know there's others on here that can though!... and thanks for that info. I referenced this publication;What an interesting piece from historical point of view.
I will speculate it was made in 1841 but re-steeled later on by Underhill Co.
Other option 1841 would be catalog number in similar fashion like Collins Co. used to do.
Definitely worth of further research.
https://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioUnderhill.html
Underhill Edge Tool Co.
Boston, Massachusetts and Nashua, New Hampshire
1852-1890
Tool Types
Axes, Adzes, Chisels, Edge Tools, Hammers, Hatchets, Picks, Shaves
Directory of American Toolmakers Information
George W. Underhill (July 19th, 1815-October 13th, 1882), John H. Gage and a few others formed this company initially as "Nashua Edge Tool Co." In 1879 they acquired the Amokeag Ax Co. and were bought out by the American Axe & Tool Co. in 1890. Though the plant closed, the brand was still used. The Nashua location was their center of manufacture while the Boston office operated strictly in sales and distribution. George W. Underhill acted as Superintendent until 1875 and a Director until his death.
Identifying Marks
UNDERHILL/EDGE TOOL CO. (sometimes on same line)
Thank you!!! I stand corrected.It does look re-steeled. But I don't know enough about it to really add much to that discussion. I know there's others on here that can though!... and thanks for that info. I referenced this publication;
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Just like christmas! Good haul!Followed an estate sale sign this morning and got all kinds of stuff.Havent gone through it that good yet.
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It does look re-steeled. But I don't know enough about it to really add much to that discussion. I know there's others on here that can though!... and thanks for that info. I referenced this publication;
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So probably Jay Underhill if I have read that stuff right. That is all kinds of awesome! Inserted bit and more folds to make up blade. Can you tell how many forge welds there are?I took quite a few photos of this... Not every day you find a hog splitter made in 1841!!! Underhill-Boston . 32" long and weighs 12lb 10oz.
First a couple of how it looked when I got it;
I wire wheeled it and cleaned and coated it with ballistol.
I find this thing so cool! I just can't believe after nigh on 200 years old it survived in as good of shape as it is. It's right up there with cool factor in my book. Also I recieved my latest Thomas Lamond book. This is a great resource and one I highly recommend.
I'm gonna go find me a hog! Haha.
I have very little knowledge of this kind of axe but the wear pattern on the one is common with such broad bladeds. OK, there's a lot can be said about the why's and where-froms and all, but you posting the three up juxtaposed like that suggests to me that one consequence of the pommel is to resist this excess wear through the central sections. This wear pattern is well enough understood at least in part as, two passes of the stone through the middle for every round trip toe-ta-heel = 2 x the abrasion there.Thanks for checking em out!
Thank you very much!So probably Jay Underhill if I have read that stuff right. That is all kinds of awesome! Inserted bit and more folds to make up blade. Can you tell how many forge welds there are?
That is a good point about the raised center. A pommel? Didn't know it was called that! Good to know.And just to show how little I know, I always thought that such axes were always symmetrical to allow for both left and right hand mountings and so no claim could be made that one was either left or right because that was conditional. Silly me.