Hatchet

mrwatch · Post by **mrwatch** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:28 pm

I found this adv. hatchet at an antique shop. Brooks Grand Rapids, Michigan. 7 inches. Not sure if they made it or were a hardware store?
Bob

http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc21 ... tor008.jpg

mrwatch · Post by **mrwatch** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:39 pm

Try again.

philco · Post by **philco** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:24 am

That is a very cool little hatchet.

Does it have any markings on the opposite side or just on the side you showed?

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:50 am

hey bob, googled brooks, grand rapids and found no reference to a hardware or axe company. could be a paperweight for a now defunct co. it's cool!

mrwatch · Post by **mrwatch** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:49 pm

Thanks for the comments. The other side is smooth. Looks like it is nickle plated?

petesknives · Post by **petesknives** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:23 pm

Could its purpose be for breaking up blocks of ice?? Ken

cattaraugus57 · Post by **cattaraugus57** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:56 pm

interesting hatchet..
here's one I have posted elsewhere.
It's a Philadelphia Tool,co, they were bought by Plumb in 1889.
handle is not orig.

ole_muddy · Post by **ole_muddy** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:02 am

This one's not a usable hatchet but instead is a cast iron wall hanger that expresses an anti-prohibition sentiment. There's a lot of them around, including repros, that are for prohibition and show a likeness of Carrie Nation but say "Cut out the Whiskey" on the handle. I like this one a lot more, it expresses an attitude I've always adhered to.

Eric

cattaraugus57 · Post by **cattaraugus57** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:02 pm

thats really cool I haven't seen one before.
I'll have look for one at the flea market.

268bull · Post by **268bull** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:20 am

I'm not absolute on this, but your hatchet, I believe is used for breaking peanut brittle candy! I have a couple of antique sledge hammers that size, with candy makers names on them, and they were given to purchasers of peanut brittle to break the brittle into smaller pieces.

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:56 pm

I believe your hatchet is used for opening and closing vintage wooden cigar boxes.The blade is used to pry up the lid;the notch in the rear of the blade to pull the tacks holding the lid;and the hammer head to close the lid afterward.These were in use in most shops that catered to the cigar trade.Here are a couple of mine even though they are not hatchets.One has a cigar cutter in the end.

Draac · Post by **Draac** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:05 pm

A NICE EARLY HAND FORGED TOMAHAWK / HATCHET WITH A TACK PULKLER ON THE END OF THE HANDLE. THE HEAD IS 3 1/8" LONG. THE CUTTING EDGE IS 1 5/8" LONG. IT IS 7 1/16" LONG WITH THE HANDLE AND IT WEIGHS 6 OZS WITH THE HANDLE. WHOEVER MADE THIS ITEM , PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, DID A VERY NICE JOB. THE HEAD IS FORGE WELDED TO THE HANDLE.

I pick this up for $24.00, I thought it was a fair price.

Draac

Owd Wullie · Post by **Owd Wullie** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:28 pm

mrwatch wrote:I found this adv. hatchet at an antique shop. Brooks Grand Rapids, Michigan. 7 inches. Not sure if they made it or were a hardware store?
Bob

http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc21 ... tor008.jpg

Old thread but I suspect that was a cigar box opener.

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