Posted 6 years ago
markomwtd
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I picked this up today at an estate sale. I’m having a heck of a time identifying it though. Has anyone seen this style of head? An help would be greatly appreciated.
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If there are no markings on the ax head, the problem with things like this, if they are old enough, is that every town had at least one blacksmith who was cranking out things like axes. Often, if the population in the area was large enough, there may have been one or more local foundries doing the same thing. You may get lucky and this will turn out to be an ax which was mass produced in a factory and someone will recognize the style. I have not seen another like it. My great grandfather was a blacksmith and he made anything that he could sell in addition to selling moonshine which he hid in his grain bins....
Thanks for the reply, I’ve cleaned it up a bit and did a few hours of more research. Apparently this type of axe head is called a Phantom Bevel? Also I’ve identified ESTON which took me to The Bradley Axe company from Weston , Connecticut.