Hope this is right location. Not really a knife but made by knife company (I think). Hopefully there are some axe/hatchet aficionados here that can help me. My Canadian hunting buddy gave me an old axe to keep handy in my UTV. This winter I decided to rehang it and clean it up. If I remember correctly it had a 22” handle which I replaced with a 19”. When cleaning up head I noticed it was stamped Old Hickory. I assumed it was from same line as Old Hickory cutlery made by Ontario Knife. They are a local western NY co. I’ve searched and searched but can find no information or indication that they ever made axes. I’m wondering if it’s a Canadian manufacturer. My buddy does not remember where he got it. Thanks in advance for any info.
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Old Hickory Axe
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Moderator and member “s&wchad” is axe and hatchet expert… hopefully he’ll see this thread. If not, send him a PM. I’m confident he’ll help if possible.
Oh my gosh, you found Andrew Jackson's ax that he used to help George Washington chop down a cherry tree when they were just youngster's being mischievous in the Colonies!
I'm no expert, but I do have a fair number of old axes and hatchets. They're addictive!
I don't know if Ontario Knife made axes, but it appears that Southern Woodware and Hardware Co sold a line of "Old Hickory" axes.
This is all I could come up with:
Vintage Old Hickory Southern Woodware and Hardware Co. Double Bit Axe Head | #3786590465
I don't know if Ontario Knife made axes, but it appears that Southern Woodware and Hardware Co sold a line of "Old Hickory" axes.
This is all I could come up with:
Vintage Old Hickory Southern Woodware and Hardware Co. Double Bit Axe Head | #3786590465
That's a Dayton pattern axe head. I did a little more digging...
Supplee Hardware held the trade name "Old Hickory" and used it on their axes.
Yesteryearstools (dot com) is an excellent resource for info about old axes and hatchets.
See this page (near the bottom): Supplee Hdw. Co.
Supplee Hardware held the trade name "Old Hickory" and used it on their axes.
Yesteryearstools (dot com) is an excellent resource for info about old axes and hatchets.
See this page (near the bottom): Supplee Hdw. Co.
LostintheOzone
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Don't forget ''vintage'' in the description.
Thanks for all the info. Yes they are addicting. I rehung 5 over the winter. Then I bout 2 Harbor Freight hatchets and started messing around customizing them. My wife is impressed but can’t figure out what I’m going to do with them lol. She says the same thing about my vintage outboards.
SweetMK
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Cool ! I bought 4 old axes off Craigslist and one was a plumb with original handle and sticker. Handle was cracked and I had to replace but I kept the original. The other score in the group was a Kelly. Those two alone were worth the $30 I paid.
Do what I do and decorate in the basement!
That’s a lot of axes. There might be a horror movie setting in your future.
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S&W chad, I think you have a problem. I just sold a Sauer axe head a couple weeks ago, bought a couple Harbor Freight hand axes for around here in the vehicles, have maybe five or six other axes, long and short handled, but man, you have more axes than I have S&W revolvers, not by much, though.
Racer X
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Do what I do and decorate in the basement!
you, sir, have a problem! you are missing a nickel Coleman lantern. Get a sears one too, they were blue.
Pisgah
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That is the very axe carried across the Appalachians in 1780 by my greatx5 Grandaddy! The head has only been replaced 3 times, and the handle 6!
Jack Flash
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I'm glad someone axed these questions.
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