The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
Salesman's Sample Shingling Hatchet or Child's Toy | Dug From The Ground32 of 32 |  |  |
ho2cultcha loves this.
mikielikesigns2 loves this.
Manikin loves this.
walksoftly loves this.
BELLIN68 loves this.
jimborasco loves this.
mrmajestic1 loves this.Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate
Posted 12 months ago
packrat-pl…
(236 items)
This is a recent old dump digging find. This came out of a nice old dump that I will be posting pics of shortly. I believe it to be a salesman's sample shingling hatchet. Another possibility is a child's toy, however, that could be a dangerous toy.
Interesting little item, you do not see to many of these.
enjoy
Create an account or login in order to post a comment.
Salesmans SamplesSalesmans samples were a common item in the early 20th century, as salesmen…
Axes and HatchetsPerhaps no tools are more closely linked to the founding of America than th…
Thank you very much AR8Jason , mrmajestic1 & jimborasco.
I guess it could very well be a toy. I have a small sad iron about the same size also, but I cannot find it. I will post it when I locate it.
Thank you very much for the love BELLIN68 & walksoftly
Thank you very much for the love Manikin, mikielikesigns2 & ho2cultcha