Safety Axe Question

Webster Marble formed Gladstone Mfg. Co. in 1892. That company created the first folding Axe in 1893 which lead to the incorporation of Marble's Safety Axe Co. in 1898. The company became Marble Arms & Mfg. Co. in 1911 & enjoyed years of success until succumbing to a shut down of production in 1974. The brand was brought back to life in 1994 & enjoyed a grand rejuvenation that later gave way to another shutdown in 2009. Many great knives & tools were crafted over the company's storied history.
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Safety Axe Question

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I have a question about the Safety Axes with "EVERY HOUR OUT IN THE OPEN" burnt into the handle. Two eBay sellers seem to be listing them as originals. I have never seen originals with this on them, and I currently have a PDF of the 1909 Abercrombie and Fitch catalog up, and there's no such marking on that one either. I could swear these are the later reproductions made in the past 20-25 years. Am I correct?
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Reproductions.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

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