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Can You Help Identify This Axe?
Reader Michael Sivlius writes:
Mike:
I recently came across your blog page while attempting to identify an axe I just acquired. Wondering if you can help shed some light on it.
Looks like a 2 & 1/4 lb head. Do any of the markings ring a bell? Otherwise could you suggest a page where I might find some clues as to what it is.
kind regards:
Michael Silvius
in
Scarborough, Maine
Bernard Ten Bears suggested www.yesteryeartools.com . I personally haven't had a chance to look.
Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum,
Mike, Oscar, Hotel......out.
Smith & Wesson.
ReplyDeleteIsearched through yesteryeartools, but couldn't find anything that came close. It's been bothering me too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ross. I figured if there is anyone that could track it down, it would be you. We'll keep looking. I tend to cruise old axes on Ebay - maybe something will come up.
ReplyDeleteSeven years after the fact I have finally been able to identify the axe in question as a Emerson & Stevens. The odd shaped mark is actually the remains of a K making it a "Forest King" model. The 44 signifies the year is was made, and the W is for Everett Watson the temperer that made it.
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