This thing is awesome! I hope someone has some info!I need some help guys... Got 2 new things this morning;
The log rule is cool. 48" But that hatchet! It's so fantastic! It's got stamps everywhere! And I can't find info on any of it yet... thought I'd ask if you all knew anything about either W. MM. Baxter or BD&co Aroostook Boston.
It's double stamped W MM Baxter on both sides of the poll...
It also has a triangle stamped under the poll.
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My gut feeling is this is pretty darn old. It sure seems it! Thanks in advance for any help. The BD&co isn't leading anywhere due to the similarity to B&D co. I'm very pleased to own both items and would greatly appreciate any info at all!
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Me too man... I've even got my girlfriend helping me and driving us both nuts!! Thanks for the well wishes. I figure somebody on here must have come across this company before...?
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Not sure how to read that label BD&Co or B&D CoI need some help guys... Got 2 new things this morning;
The log rule is cool. 48" But that hatchet! It's so fantastic! It's got stamps everywhere! And I can't find info on any of it yet... thought I'd ask if you all knew anything about either W. MM. Baxter or BD&co Aroostook Boston.
It's double stamped W MM Baxter on both sides of the poll...
It also has a triangle stamped under the poll.
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My gut feeling is this is pretty darn old. It sure seems it! Thanks in advance for any help. The BD&co isn't leading anywhere due to the similarity to B&D co. I'm very pleased to own both items and would greatly appreciate any info at all!
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/axe-label-aroostook-county-boston-mass-oakland
"Hand Made Warranted" stamp makes me think it was probably made in 1930ies
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Thank you very much for that! And for your take on it. I don't know what other search terms I could've used but I've been looking and looking and can't find anything!Not sure how to read that label BD&Co or B&D Co
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/axe-label-aroostook-county-boston-mass-oakland
"Hand Made Warranted" stamp makes me think it was probably made in 1930ies
B. D. & Co. 1916 Mini Engineers Tap Holder T Bar Wrench
https://www.etsy.com/listing/682384837/vintage-b-d-co-1916-mini-engineers-tap
So thank you! Thr stamp looks like BD & co?
I have since noticed that the stamps on either side of the poll are William M Baxter. ie;
Wm M. Baxter
Took me awhile to notice that the first "m" was indeed smaller than the second one.
Even though I've never seen a homeowner stamp so perfectly straight, and perfectly spaced, I'm wondering if those stamps may have been an owner or a company. Being double stamped and on both sides it seems a little excessive for a manufacturer. Who knows though! Now to try and figure out what BD&co stands for....
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Lots of neat finds here lately! Thanks for sharing everyone! I'll add a few to the mix of my recent finds. Most interesting, to me, is the pitch fork in excellent condition. It's full of maker marks, AF&hoe, TT, OVB, HSB &co. The vise grips are the oldest pair I've come across, never seen a patent stamp on a pair before. The action on them is also the best I've felt. The Estwing I just couldn't leave sitting there, leather stack handle still tight all the way around, and the original sheath is still very usable. The Plumb BSA was a $5 find, permabond handle still very tight. I started cleaning it up, going to leave it on the handle while restoring so it will be slow going. And of course, the 48" Disston crosscut, my first, and still quite sharp. The prices on them are through the roof in my neck of the woods, found this one at a good price. Can't wait to put it back to work! Thanks for looking, and enjoy! Have a good rest of your weekend everyone!
Almost forgot about the cool old DE tin sign I snagged too!
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Almost forgot about the cool old DE tin sign I snagged too!
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Wow man! Great haul! That Plumb will clean up great! Be sure to post pics when you get it done. That pitchfork is something else! All great finds, thanks for sharing!!!Lots of neat finds here lately! Thanks for sharing everyone! I'll add a few to the mix of my recent finds. Most interesting, to me, is the pitch fork in excellent condition. It's full of maker marks, AF&hoe, TT, OVB, HSB &co. The vise grips are the oldest pair I've come across, never seen a patent stamp on a pair before. The action on them is also the best I've felt. The Estwing I just couldn't leave sitting there, leather stack handle still tight all the way around, and the original sheath is still very usable. The Plumb BSA was a $5 find, permabond handle still very tight. I started cleaning it up, going to leave it on the handle while restoring so it will be slow going. And of course, the 48" Disston crosscut, my first, and still quite sharp. The prices on them are through the roof in my neck of the woods, found this one at a good price. Can't wait to put it back to work! Thanks for looking, and enjoy! Have a good rest of your weekend everyone!
Almost forgot about the cool old DE tin sign I snagged too!
Lots of neat finds here lately! Thanks for sharing everyone! I'll add a few to the mix of my recent finds. Most interesting, to me, is the pitch fork in excellent condition. It's full of maker marks, AF&hoe, TT, OVB, HSB &co. The vise grips are the oldest pair I've come across, never seen a patent stamp on a pair before. The action on them is also the best I've felt. The Estwing I just couldn't leave sitting there, leather stack handle still tight all the way around, and the original sheath is still very usable. The Plumb BSA was a $5 find, permabond handle still very tight. I started cleaning it up, going to leave it on the handle while restoring so it will be slow going. And of course, the 48" Disston crosscut, my first, and still quite sharp. The prices on them are through the roof in my neck of the woods, found this one at a good price. Can't wait to put it back to work! Thanks for looking, and enjoy! Have a good rest of your weekend everyone!
Almost forgot about the cool old DE tin sign I snagged too!
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Plumb did it most. It's called "permabond" and theirs is always red in color. Other companies used epoxy too but I cannot recall which ones off the top of my head. Nor which color but I recall seeing blue... I know a lot of Chinese axes came with epoxy as well. So 8 times out of 10 it'll be either a Plumb or a Chinese axe.
They used it for strength and to keep out moisture as well.
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Thanks Meek! Will definitely share the before and after of the Plumb when it's done. The pitchfork was by far my favorite recent find. Not a wiggle in it anywhere. HSB&co. Has some interesting history behind it, spent last night trying to date the fork with all it's labeling.
Got it and thanks! A Plumb would likely be branded I assume??? Mine has a nice feel to it but still to much of a newcomer to tell. Has a VERY mild wedge and for the most part is really narrow the bulk of the length. I’m thinking China all the way.
Not necessarily, if it is newer it may not have a stamp at all. But if it has the red Permabond as Josh stated it is likely Plumb. Does it have a red handle?
I think Wetterlings (Sweedish company) also did this at some point in maybe the 70s or 80s or something.
I also had a hatchet at one time with a curved red fiberglass handle that had red epoxy in the eye - certainly it was chinese.
post a picture of the axe and someone can maybe hazard a guess
A really nice tater fork!Lots of neat finds here lately! Thanks for sharing everyone! I'll add a few to the mix of my recent finds. Most interesting, to me, is the pitch fork in excellent condition. It's full of maker marks, AF&hoe, TT, OVB, HSB &co. The vise grips are the oldest pair I've come across, never seen a patent stamp on a pair before. The action on them is also the best I've felt. The Estwing I just couldn't leave sitting there, leather stack handle still tight all the way around, and the original sheath is still very usable. The Plumb BSA was a $5 find, permabond handle still very tight. I started cleaning it up, going to leave it on the handle while restoring so it will be slow going. And of course, the 48" Disston crosscut, my first, and still quite sharp. The prices on them are through the roof in my neck of the woods, found this one at a good price. Can't wait to put it back to work! Thanks for looking, and enjoy! Have a good rest of your weekend everyone!
Almost forgot about the cool old DE tin sign I snagged too!
It did have a red handle (faded) and remnants of a decal in the identical spot until I sanded it down this afternoon. Photos forthcoming...Not necessarily, if it is newer it may not have a stamp at all. But if it has the red Permabond as Josh stated it is likely Plumb. Does it have a red handle?
Not necessarily, if it is newer it may not have a stamp at all. But if it has the red Permabond as Josh stated it is likely Plumb. Does it have a red handle?
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Pictures make identification process so much easier
Any thoughts guys? This handle was faded red until 5-6hrs ago.
Plumb Jet Wing
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Any thoughts guys? This handle was faded red until 5-6hrs ago.
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My father always called them a potatoe fork, too!
When dad was young my grandpa would plant an acre of potatoes near the lake on their farm here on the southern Minnesota prairie. When it was time to get them bagged up for market, dad and his two brothers were tasked with digging the spuds with their only potatoe fork, which is the one I have now. After grandpa moved to town the middle brother rented the farm and planted potatoes in the very same somewhat sandy soil for many years. However, that potatoe fork must have given my uncle a backache! The first year he farmed the old home place on his own there was much excitement among us all that would help harvest spuds. There was a new to him potatoe plow in operation behind the John Deere A and the JD B model was pulling the wagon with burlap bags filled with potatoes. All us kids were too small to load a filled bag onto the wagon, but, with four of us filling bags we could keep grandma busy tying the top of the bags and loading them on the wagon.
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I used to plow my taters out with a tractor when I was younger. Now I actually enjoy diggin' em with a fork. Funny how as I age I find enjoyment in the slower, simpler things in life.
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