All About Pocket Knives

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 6:15 am What a great pick-up!

Thanks Dan, it was a lucky day, form me the #1 find is an ax from Sweden!

Here is one I cleaned up and put a 'lill paint on...

Nice Rich!!

Purchased this True Temper Maul, loaded with rust and cleaned er up.
Took a couple whacks with er and said, man this rascal is heavy.
Weighed it on my postal scale to discover......it's a 10 ib. maul!!!!

Good find, buddy. That’ll clean up nice.

Parker

TripleF wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 11:40 am Nice Rich!!

Purchased this True Temper Maul, loaded with rust and cleaned er up.
Took a couple whacks with er and said, man this rascal is heavy.
Weighed it on my postal scale to discover......it's a 10 ib. maul!!!!

Scott that True Temper Maul looks great If the price is reasonable, I will pretty much pick up anything with True Temper stamped on it.

catspa wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 2:43 pm Good find, buddy. That’ll clean up nice.

Parker

That is cleaned up......LOL

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 12:04 am

TripleF wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 11:40 am Nice Rich!!

Purchased this True Temper Maul, loaded with rust and cleaned er up.
Took a couple whacks with er and said, man this rascal is heavy.
Weighed it on my postal scale to discover......it's a 10 ib. maul!!!!

Scott that True Temper Maul looks great If the price is reasonable, I will pretty much pick up anything with True Temper stamped on it.

Thank you
Same.

Sorry Scott, I was commenting to Rich about the Plumb half hatchet. For some reason my post was delayed between sending and posting.

Nice find on the maul, though. The handle appears to be plastic of some kind, in a manly shade of pink. How is that to use?

Parker

New old stock Collins axes.

P&C Tool 8715 Half Hatchet, Tube Steel handle (aka carpenter's hatchet).

Belonged to my great-granddad, who used it for splitting kindling. I rescued it from a pile of basically scrap metal I found in the old coal bunker in the basement and cleaned it up. It tends to accompany me for most jobs when I may need a hammer or hatchet, but don't need the dedicated tools. I'm slowly learning how to sharpen axes, and I'm getting an edge now that is better suited to chopping and felling than just splitting.

P&C was founded in 1915 in Idaho and moved to Oregon in 1923. They were bought out by Plomb (Proto) in 1941, and remained with them through several buyouts. While the production of P&C-branded tools ended in 1974, they continued making items for Proto's sub-brands until 1990.

https://www.pnctools.com/pc-factory/pc1941-1990/

They say that Miller's Falls started producing carpentry tools for P&C in 1965, which is the first year this model shows up. Miller's Falls produced a camper's "belt axe" that was also sold as P&C, but this one definitely isn't from Miller's Falls. It bears a strong resemblance to a True Temper product from the Jet Rocket line, even down to the red-painted collar between the handle and head. Thus, I believe it to be rebranded True Temper.

Hey Cody, nice piece. I thought “Rocket” as soon as I saw it.

My old buddy Jeff has a thing for those hammers, grew up with them. I pick them up for him when I find them.

One unique feature is, although the tubing at the head end is round, where it meets the handle it’s oval shaped. Took me a while to visualize how they did that.

Parker

vikingdog wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 12:06 am 534C066F-0326-4544-88A7-378A38810C5F.jpeg

New old stock Collins axes.

Wow! V-Dog! Those are amazing! Any Idea as to the years made?

vikingdog wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 12:06 am 534C066F-0326-4544-88A7-378A38810C5F.jpeg

New old stock Collins axes.

I find a lot of Collins axes, but never with an older label on it. Those are Sweet! ... So far, I found this information;

HOMESTEAD BRAND

The earlier HOMESTEAD labels were quite detailed and used in at least two different sizes. Versions of both generation labels have also been observed printed in black on white paper and black and gray on white paper. These versions were used in catalogs although Collins did use a variety of black on white labels over the years.
The HOMESTEAD brand was used over such a period of time that the label design was modernized at some point, possibly during the late 1950s or early 1960s. That updating also resulted in some of the labels being printed in blue and white on gold colored foil as compared to the traditional paper.

HOMESTEAD labels;

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 9:30 pm

vikingdog wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 12:06 am 534C066F-0326-4544-88A7-378A38810C5F.jpeg

New old stock Collins axes.

Wow! V-Dog! Those are amazing! Any Idea as to the years made?

I’m not sure, I was thinking 1950s?

Original Collins artwork for the Homestead axe.

vikingdog wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:16 am

vikingdog wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 12:06 am 534C066F-0326-4544-88A7-378A38810C5F.jpeg

I’m not sure, I was thinking 1950s?

That's what I was thinking... Great axes!!!

TripleF wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 11:40 am Nice Rich!!

Purchased this True Temper Maul, loaded with rust and cleaned er up.
Took a couple whacks with er and said, man this rascal is heavy.
Weighed it on my postal scale to discover......it's a 10 ib. maul!!!!

Couple years ago when steel got real high, I filled two mud buckets up with maul heads and wedges, and took them to the scrap yard. Hope I never see another maul the rest of my life. Unless it comes with a sweet little Plumb Cruiser.

rarefish383 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:35 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 11:40 am Nice Rich!!

Couple years ago when steel got real high, I filled two mud buckets up with maul heads and wedges, and took them to the scrap yard. Hope I never see another maul the rest of my life. Unless it comes with a sweet little Plumb Cruiser.

"I filled two mud buckets up with maul heads and wedges, and took them to the scrap yard".... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ...
... ...Oh the Humanity!!!

rarefish383 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:35 pm filled two mud buckets up with maul heads and wedges, and took them to the scrap yard

“…and left them in the truck while I dug through all the piles and then bought all the ones they had there.” I’m sure that’s what he meant to say.

Parker

Came across this STEEL KING last week....

catspa wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 4:25 pm

rarefish383 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:35 pm filled two mud buckets up with maul heads and wedges, and took them to the scrap yard

“…and left them in the truck while I dug through all the piles and then bought all the ones they had there.” I’m sure that’s what he meant to say.

Parker

Let's hope so ....

TripleF wrote: ↑Sun May 28, 2023 12:04 pm Came across this STEEL KING last week....

Sweet find Scott!

Finds over the weekend. Four True Tempers, 2 axes, two hammers One ax head is from the Forestry Service). A Craftsman ax head and a hatchet with Boy Scout's handle, too much rust to read the ax head... but I only paid a $1.00 for so I'll take it as it is...

...and a Swedish ax from a 'lill while ago...

Those are some good finds, buddy. You’ll have them cleaned up and sharpened in no time.

Found this little handforged hawk at the swap meet this weekend. The seller was firm on his price, wouldn’t budge a dollar. So I left it with him for about an hour, then came back and bought it.

Some previous owner had painted some goofy bright stripes on the haft, and tied some fake leather lacing around it. Those came off quickly, and it’s less self conscious now.

Head is 13-1/2 oz, on a 15” haft. Feels good to swing it. I might try making a new haft with a little flare butt.

Parker