Tom are the dates of when they we're made stamped on them to get the years? Or just looking at the design??!
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Tom are the dates of when they we're made stamped on them to get the years? Or just looking at the design??!
Archertl
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It's easier said than done and depends on the brand and stamp, some are stamped with a date.
It's really difficult with Kelly because they bought and sold so many times and usually didn't stamp dates. They also bought out a corporation that was comprised of 20 different brands and even made axes for hardware store brands. None of it was documented very well or the documentation is lost to time. Usually you can get to within about 20 years on a kelly.
Archertl
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Ive done both. I think I get a better fit making the hafts myself. Plus you get the advantage of picking a piece of lumber that has the right grain orientation. you only need a saw, rasp, spokeshave, and sand papers. It can be hard to layout a haft or anything else for that matter on a piece of lumber without a pattern or something to replicate.
Joe, I did some research and figured out what I have and I'm kicking myself for treating it so poorly. This was my wife's grandfather's hatchet. It's a Boy Scout hatchet. Although it's not that valuable, it would have been nice of me not to have fugged it up (I broke the two piece wood handle). I never saw the BSA logo until I saw it online. Sure enough, it's on this hatchet. :smiley_blackeye:
BRIDGEPORT HOWE MFG. CORP.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN U.S.A
USPAT 1830.663
MADE IN U.S.A.
BRIDGEPORT HOWE MFG. CORP.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN U.S.A
USPAT 1830.663
MADE IN U.S.A.
Ohiosam
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So, would the handle be made in one piece then split and then reattached too the hatchet??? You would almost use the existing hatchet handle as a template???
Archertl
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If I was doing it I would make a template from the exterior of the raised part of the handle. Then I would cut the two handle slabs. I would inlet them down onto the steel axe handle using a scraper for a tight fit. Should be pretty easy. Just remember to make the slabs thick enough so when they are carved round the diameter of the handle will thick enough to be handfilling.
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Hortontoter
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I haven't absorbed all that's in this thread yet, but this is classic TOO. We got a "guy" for eveything!
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