Post up your old hatchets/axes

revho · Dec 30, 2016

Just starting to get into this area. I picked up a small Norlund Tomahawk today off Craigslist. In pretty nice shape with a pit/mark I think is from the foundry on one side. Still has a partial sticker from the store it was sold from. I would really like to find a couple nice vintage Marbles hatchets someday.

Post up some pics you have of yours, interested in seeing the different kinds!

Kevin

Last picture is of the Tomahawk and my Union Tool Co. hand axe.

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Cyrano · Dec 30, 2016

The inevitable Buck hatchet. It's not really an old hatchet, but it sure is nicely made. Found this one in an antique shop in Albuquerque a couple of years ago.

retiredbadge8091 · Dec 31, 2016

I'm a novice hatchet man myself, but I really like them and keep an eye out for them in my travels. Here are a couple of Marbles with accessories I've managed to gather up.

huntsman22 · Dec 31, 2016

I found an unused Norlund in dads stuff when he died...

not that I need it.....

huntsman22 · Dec 31, 2016

the Gladstone Marbles are good tools...

Mistered · Dec 31, 2016

Ya don't see these too often - this is one of the very rare Case knife/hatchet combos and in very nice condition. I was offered a mediocre condition 40's Winchester 94 in trade for it by a knife collector a couple years ago but passed on it as he was WAY too quick to offer. Seems I was right seeing what these are going for on Ebay!

Frank46 · Jan 1, 2017

Cannot post pics but a rather beatup estwing campers hatchet and a long ago bought buck hatchet. Frank

shinbone · Jan 1, 2017

Here's what I got:

BAM-BAM · Jan 1, 2017

Got one at the cabin; was just batoning kindling this weekend ..... IIRC got it from LL Bean ...... maybe 30 years ago.

Wonder who made it......... ??????

Just looked at the LL Bean web site....... still selling it.... Hudson Bay style....Wow $139!!!!

Ole Joe Clark · Jan 1, 2017

Don't have a photo, but recently I looked for a name. "Solingen, Germany."

Found it years ago, had to put a handle in it.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

ispcapt · Jan 1, 2017

This is the oldest axe head I own. According to the Illinois State Museum folks it was made 5000-8000 BC. Found it when out hunting.

huntsman22 · Jan 1, 2017

isp wins.......

s&wchad · Jan 1, 2017

Excellent thread!

I don't chop or burn wood at home, but I go to a lot of estate sales and always keep my eyes open for vintage axes and hatchets. There isn't a lot of demand for them where I live, so they generally sell for under $10.

The affordability, quality and variety makes them fun to collect and like a lot of things today, they just don't make them like they use to.

Marble's Gladstone (#5 & #6 Safety axes, #9 Belt axe)

Norlund Hudson Bay Pattern (It's my understanding that these were manufactured by Mann)

Various Boy's or Camp Axes:

Some of my oldest (Collins Legitimus, Union Tool Co., Passaic Tool Co., Amoskeag Axe Co - Nashua N.H.)

Various Plumb (the large felling axe has a 6# head)

Various Plumb logo's:

Mann's Axe and Tool Co (Tiger axe, Firemans)

Collins Legitimus US Army

Some DBA's (Zenith - Marshall Wells, TrueTemper Red Warrior by Kelly Works, Unmarked, Keenkutter, Plumb)

Their place of honor (basement)

4barrel · Jan 1, 2017

S&Wchad--Do you own a hardware store or just cant help it?

Nice collection.

s&wchad · Jan 1, 2017

4barrel said:
S&Wchad--Do you own a hardware store or just cant help it? Nice collection.

No, I don't own a hardware store and I can quit buying old stuff anytime... really.

I neglected to post a picture of my Duke Cannon axe made by Hardcore Hammers. It's not old, but the Mrs. gave it to me for Christmas a few years ago. I'd be sleeping in the doghouse if I didn't post it!

rburg · Jan 1, 2017

s&wchad said:
I'd be sleeping in the doghouse if I didn't post it!

We just saw the photos of your doghouse/basement. There are worse places to be banished to. Except if the toys started falling off the rafters. That could get scary.

4barrel · Jan 1, 2017

rburg said:
We just saw the photos of your doghouse/basement. There are worse places to be banished to. Except if the toys started falling off the rafters. That could get scary.

I would hate to be in the basement during a tornado.

kenv1950 · Jan 1, 2017

ispcapt · Jan 1, 2017

huntsman22 said:
isp wins.......

I asked the guy at the museum if he could tell me who made it and when since it was a 3000 year spread in his estimate. He picked it up, looked at it from all different angles, set it down and said "His name was Fred and he made it on a Wednesday."

BAM-BAM · Jan 1, 2017

ispcapt said:
I asked the guy at the museum if he could tell me who made it and when since it was a 3000 year spread in his estimate. He picked it up, looked at it from all different angles, set it down and said "His name was Fred and he made it on a Wednesday."

last name................ Flintstone ?????

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