Pexto Axes?

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John Frankl

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Hello All,

Are Pexto axes highly regarded?

This is in my local Craigslist:

"This is a an antique . This is a tool. A real name tool. These are hermetically sealed. The company went out of business in 1950. This axe is forestry ax . This is a pexto or peck stow and Wilcox. These are nice made of steel and hickory. Chop well and can do brush and even chop at stumps and roots. May make good demo tool or fire axe its your preference . Easy to sharpen have a few to sell . Need pic or to check out set up a time."

At $75 they are a bit steep. But if these thinks are pristine NOS, they might be worth a look.
 
I think Pexto or Peck, Stow & Wilcox maybe didn't manufacture the axe. Those names are on a bunch of old tools like braces, drawknives, and a lot more. Decent quality, but not the best of their era imo, at least in braces and drawknives. I've never seen a Pexto axe.
 
Peck, Stow & Wilcox became Pexto later I think. I have a Pexto drawknife which is just fine, but the two PS&W ones are obviously nicer. They might not be quite as nice as a witherby or a swan, but PS&W is still fairly top o' the line as far as I'm concerned.
 
Just saw this on the bay so I grabbed it for you all to see.



BTW, I just inherited a 9" Pexto drawknife. I like my 8" Greenlee better but that might be due to the bevel grind on the Pexto being more convex than the untouched flat bevel on the Greelee. Thinking of taking the file to the Pexto (and the Wyeth) to see if I can tune it a little more to my liking.
 
After finding the broad hatchet I did a quick ebay search for Pexto. Among all the metal working machinery and stuff I did see 2 broad hatchets, 1 half hatchet, 1 single bit and one brush axe all with the Pexto name on them.
 
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