What type of ax/hatchet head is this?

[xeodguy]

I have looked at a lot of examples of axe heads, and while I find a lot that have some or similar features, I haven't come across one that is this style exactly - so I need some help from people who have that sort of institutional knowledge already in their heads. Thanks for your help!

 

[tltt]

Sears just called it their "Heavy Hatchet" circa 1960's. Collectors call it a Cedar pattern hatchet now, it's kinda sorta maybe to my eye, but not quite. Cedar patterns sell better to collectors. See number 2, from the 1964 catalog -

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

I have looked at a lot of examples of axe heads, and while I find a lot that have some or similar features, I haven't come across one that is this style exactly - so I need some help from people who have that sort of institutional knowledge already in their heads. Thanks for your help!

T

It was sold by Sears under Heavy Hatchet-Axe name. Camping axe with 17 inch handle, 1 3/4 lbs hardened poll head. Very often is being offered by unscrupulous Fleabay sellers as Cedar pattern.

https://archive.org/details/SearsCraftsmanHandTools1964/page/n32/mode/2up?view=theater

 

[Hickory n steel]

The heavy may be one of the few tools made by Vaughan & Bushnell that doesn't seem to have ever been offered with their own stamp on it.
That is to say the pattern was as far as I know exclusive to Sears, usually the same thing could be found from Vaughan themselves.

I thought the Hammertooth rip claws were as well, but I later discovered Vaughan had offered them before.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

The heavy may be one of the few tools made by Vaughan & Bushnell that doesn't seem to have ever been offered with their own stamp on it.
That is to say the pattern was as far as I know exclusive to Sears, usually the same thing could be found from Vaughan themselves.

Actually, it was offered with Vaughan stamp.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vaughan-broad-hatchet-handle-490075677

 

[Hickory n steel]

Actually, it was offered with Vaughan stamp.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vaughan-broad-hatchet-handle-490075677

It definitely didn't seem likely for it to be a Sears exclusive, but I had just never seen one from Vaughan themselves.

I wasn't even sure what I'd have needed to search.

 

[Beachlogger]

Actually, it was offered with Vaughan stamp.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vaughan-broad-hatchet-handle-490075677

Thanks for the link, always wondered if there was a different stamp for that hatchet. Probably more rare than the craftsman

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

It's essentially a "modern" pattern variant of a classic broad-hatchet, just with a flat-topped design instead of being vaguely symmetrical.

 

[Hickory n steel]

It's essentially a "modern" pattern variant of a classic broad-hatchet, just with a flat-topped design instead of being vaguely symmetrical.

Yeah really just a broad hatchet without the top lugs.

 

[garry3]

The Hatchet Axe, one of those inbetweener designs that leaves me wanting for one or the other. It's only relationship to a broad axe is side profile only.

 

[xeodguy]

Thanks to everyone for your help. Now I know what it is, and what it isn't - both of which are a lot more than I knew when I found it.