Hello, I'm new to the forum and i love collecting vintage axes. I started about 3 months ago, I've aquired a 5 1/2 lb Plumb felling axe, A 5' Stinsson 2 man saw and a 4lb Ciollins
My question is, what type/company axes should i keep my eye out for? again purly for collecting.
My second question is, Where and how does someone go abouts ordering a John Neeman axe? I sent a few emails and left a few messages.. Is there a webiste besides his
Last I knew he was having some trouble with his website.
There is a knife I am interested in so I'm waiting for his site to be available again.
Welcome aboard Scotty!
Jon
By the way, did you view the thread above titled It's Hatchet Time
Very interesting.
Welcome
Forget John Neeman. Nothing but excuses.
This is the place to go for axe's & knifes.
http://www.autinetools.com
Thanks for the Welcome and the link, Does anyone here collect vintage Axes?
I have a few. Not a lot. :) Plumbs are quite common around here. My favorites here are a Keen Cutter and a Winchester and a Kelly stamped for the C.C.C.
I have to be honest with you, I really like restoring them lol.. My plumb has a mirror finish. I know it's not practical for use but again i just enjoy collecting them, I paid $5.00 for it and $15 for the stinsson 2 man saw.
scottyc,welcome to the forum. I have quite a few vintage axe heads. Theses are all from my Father and his Father. I doubt they are any big names,but they mean a lot to me.
scotty
Welcome to the forum, and we'd sure like to see pics of the restored axes.
I'm looking to learn a few things from this thread.
The thread "It's Hatchet Time" is here
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,67192.0.html
And what would make an axe "vintage" ?? Age, and if so, what age would be the minimum?
I'll post a picture tonight when i get home from work
i have a pretty big collection of old hammers, mostly from estate sales, but i have a few hatchets too. i don't know why, i just like the idea of the old piece of steal. it seems so much better then one off the shelf at a store.
i also sharpen and polish mine far beyond what is necessary, but it keeps me busy, and i enjoy it.... and then after i make them pretty i just put them up on a wall in the shop(my basement) and never use them... some people(my girlfriend) think its a waste of time, but we all have hobby's....
i hear the same thing from my girlfriend :laugh: I'm going to look at a collection of 2 man saws and older axes from a buddy of mine who has been cleaning out farms for estate sales in upstate ny and northern jersey, looking forward to sunday
Remember, if you keep all that stuff in the house, someone is going to make you dust. I know. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQr1OwdahFE
I have quite a few old axes, and hatchets. lots of blacksmith made ones,some winchester hatchets 4 different styles,and a bunch of Marbles safety axes and Marbles cruisers axe, the Marbles are high quality made in Gladstone,Mich. Don
The marbles company is still up there, at least in name. The older ones are probably one of the highest priced collectable axes you will find in these parts.
Jeff, The old Marbles stuff is super quality,sights,knives,axes. The newer stuff is made overseas and is really no where near the quality of the old !! :( :( Don
if you ever get to maine. go to liberty tool. its in liberty. it may be old used and a little beat up but you never know what you will find there
Everyone tells me to go to Maine.. I think i'll take a weekend up there in the spring
I don't neccessarily collect old axes but I have a few .Notable I suppose is an old 5 pound splitter that evidently was hand forged according to my ex wives grandfather .I also have my deceased fathers' double bit Plumb which is as old as I am. That axe has only been sharpened with a hand stone for as far back as I can remember and has never sat outside in the rain .Actually you can't sharpened it with a file because the steel is too hard .
Anybody know anything about Germantown Axe? My brother in law got a hatchet as they were cleaning out an old man's house that lived beside him a few years back and gave it to me. It seems like a quality tool, but, I can find very little on the web.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/33805/axe_001.jpg)(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/33805/axe_002.jpg)
this is a 3.5 lb Plumb in working on now, The one side is done still have some work on the other,
That has a nice shine,finish to it. WOW! Mine are just the old dull kind. Nothing fancy or real good steel like that.
i have a few with a dull finish, I wanted to learn how to get a high finish. I learned it takes alot of elbow grease or i need to buy a polisher :laugh:
Good on the pics scotty. And you polished this with "elbow grease" ?
Care to tell us what you used for polish, grit, and pad?
Thanks, I start with a wire brush to get the rust off then 100 grit sand papper, 250,600,800.1000 and 2500 girt finished with green jewlers polish. I enjoy the work but i am investing in a grinder with a polishing wheel
Any of the old Marbles axes or hatchets are some of the best USA made ever. Most problems are the replacement handles, as the Marbles had a much different interior design and therefore, much harder to replace. I have 2 hatchets that need handles, but hard to find. Marble steel is also hard to beat. Even Randall Made Knives used a Marbles hatchet head on a few of their very rare Randall hatchets. That should tell you something.
Pap
I picked up Marbels hatchet a few eeks back at a flea market, The handle is in good shape, I'll post a pic when i start working on it, I'm starting on one of my 2 man saws this week, Looking forward to seeing how it comes out
Hi guys I'm new to axe collecting and recently got my first beauty. She is a 6lb elwell I also bought a 7 1/2 lb elwell but not here yet and a 6lb Whitehouse yes I'm guilty for liking the looks of the English axe. I am also starting a restore on my 3lb plumb what's your guys thoughts on best way to refinish the steel and what do you coat them with to protect them
no idea but welcome to the FF
I got a couple of old broadhead axes.
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Wagaige75!