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Oh... I should've read more carefully.... I'll blame it on the pain meds...i appreciate the feedback but the saw chain not the chain saw
Oh... I should've read more carefully.... I'll blame it on the pain meds...i appreciate the feedback but the saw chain not the chain saw
Hey I've got a quick question for many of you who are very knowledgeable about axes and hatchets>> I have a Sears Craftman hatchet that I got all the way back to the mid 80s. It's built similar to how Estwing axes and hatchets are built. Over the years I've asked people who made those Sears Craftsman hatchets with no one really knowing for sure. It actually looks like it's got a stainless blade on it of all things. But the construction of it is very similar to that of Estwing tools.
Anyone who could tell me who made those hatchets for Sears Craftsman in the mid 1980s I would appreciate it.
I'm not normally lucky enough to come into a lot of full fawn's foot handles but for the clipped ones that are standard anymore I made myself a large oak mallet. More forgiving than steel but still hard enough to make it work. I dig the swell saver though. Will try to get a photo of the mallet, if nothing else it was kind of a fun project to build.
I figured I'd post your picture for you;Mallet photo:
https://i.imgur.com/EgnPSKA.jpg
Head is 7" long, 5" wide, white oak. I did a blind mortise and wedged and glued the hammer handle in. So far so good. Much bigger and it would be pretty awkward but this is still usable. Someday I want to make one out of some laminated mountain mahogany.
I believe you hit the nail on the head. I went to that link you posted and it's the exact one I've got that was Sears Craftsman. I sure field dressed a lot of bucks over the years with that hatchet. That Craftsman hatchet would open up a buck's rib cage so easy it was incredible. That hatchet was always really easy to keep sharp as well.
i heard truper axes were maded in mexico.
I noticed the same exact thing at one of the major local hardware stores/lumber yard. These prices also stayed the same.The local ace hardware looks to be replacing the link handles with truper flat board handles,prices stayed the same.
That sucks.The local ace hardware looks to be replacing the link handles with truper flat board handles,prices stayed the same.
The local ace hardware looks to be replacing the link handles with truper flat board handles,prices stayed the same.
yeah, for a while, my ACE had some really LINK nice 32" bent axe handles. I snatched up a few of them. The LINK 36" handles were like clubs.
then I think the 36" and 28" handles went to the Truper garbage, and the price of the 32" handles went up to $20+
In related news: Perfect75 formerly known as Operator75 is liquidating parts of his axe collection and buying Kelly Axe Co naming rightsThere's an ace here that has (had?) a good array of Link handles, even boys axe. The rub was they all had bad grain, and they were all over $30.
I saw something earlier suggesting Link might be in serious trouble. Apparently Barco has closed doors as well. I'd love to have backing and rights to the Kelly name. Group buy?
In related news: Perfect75 formerly known as Operator75 is liquidating parts of his axe collection and buying Kelly Axe Co naming rights