All About Pocket Knives

Man what a way to end this topic! I've enjoyed looking at all these axes, I own close to 100 old heads also in different stages of repair and was going to post some pics of a few I've restored but nothing I have compares to this black Raven Connie!! It's a beautiful piece, thank you for sharing it

Not sure who the maker is but appears to be very old.....handle is cracked but solid.
Head looks like it's cast iron.....

Any help identifying would be appreciated.

Some early Keen Kutter axes, NOS made by Mann Edge Tool Company for Simmons Hardware. These are probably near 100 years old.

Really good looking old axe heads, Mike.

Great to see you posting. Hope all is well.

Thanks Joe! I bought a few handguns and took up shooting recently. Do you ever shoot that sweet little Colt you have?

Here's an axe made by Collins up in your neck of the woods.

A William Mann hewing axe made near Lewistown, Pennsylvania pre 1900. I don't think it's ever been used.

Hi Mike, I dont collect axes. I have a friend who has been collecting axes for over 30 years. I will see him tomorrow morning and show him your post.

Monte

Cool, ask him what he collects and to post some here?

Mike he has a 30 x30 building full of axes. All kinds firemans parade axes from the 1800's an executioners axe. And so on. I will be glad to show him this thread. I didn't know that this thread existed. I have been wanting him to frequent AAPK. Maybe this will entice him to do so.

Monte

Sounds good Monte, I'll look forward to it.

What a beautiful ax, Mike!!
It's good to see you here.

Thanks Joe! Here are two NOS William Ender's Oak Leaf heads. They were part of Simmons hardware in St. Louis. Also an original piece of artwork for an early Collins catalog.

Hi everybody, here is a rare one. My freind is trying to get registered his user name is waytho50 but needs a mod to accept him. Heres another rare one Thanks for looking

Monte

montemojo wrote: My freind is trying to get registered his user name is waytho50 but needs a mod to accept him.Monte

I just took care of that

Thank you Dimitri

Those are great axes. I've always wanted a Lincoln axe. They were made various companies over the years. Mann Edge Tool made them at one time.
here is an example of the transfer paper that was used in the etching process of that axe.

This is the brass printing plate that was used to print on the shipping crates.

Those are great Mike, the axes I posted belong to my friend. Now that he is registered. He will be posting more. He knows a good bit about Marbles too.

Monte

This is a photo of the grinding department at Mann Edge Tool Company in Lewistown, Pennsylvania pre 1900. This was a dangerous
job because of the grit they breathed in at the grinding wheels. Also once in awhile one of the big wheels would come apart while in use and throw pieces around. They all have turpentine pattern heads on their sticks, a pattern that was obsolete by the early 1900s.

The head pictured is one made by them as well as a poster I printed from an original printing plate.

Mike, that's a great old picture of those men of early days.

What an interesting ax head pattern. You showed this before, I think. I've seen it somewhere.
Was it designed to cut a pocket in a tree trunk so you could insert a spout and get pine pitch
to refine into turpentine?

That's correct Joe. They also called them box axes because they would cut a little box shaped opening in the tree to collect the sap.

Thanks, Mike.

vikingdog wrote:This is a photo of the grinding department at Mann Edge Tool Company in Lewistown, Pennsylvania pre 1900. This was a dangerous
job because of the grit they breathed in at the grinding wheels. Also once in awhile one of the big wheels would come apart while in use and throw pieces around. They all have turpentine pattern heads on their sticks, a pattern that was obsolete by the early 1900s.

The head pictured is one made by them as well as a poster I printed from an original printing plate.

Magnificent info! Thanks!

Nothing to brag about here but I did pick up this PENNCRAFT Thursday

Very nice hatchet! I'm not familiar with the name, I'll have to do some looking.

Back in the 1970s I bought some tools at the local JC Penney's store. It was a larger JC Penney store than I had seen in smaller towns, but I remember specifically some screwdrivers with the brand name of Penncrest. I know they had other tools there also.
And now, I am remembering that someone made knives for JC Penney's also, I think it may have been Schrade.
Aha! I found opposed they had made somewhere else with a JC Penny's display of knives. Think they may have a little Schrade DNA in them?

I don't know who made your JC Penney's hatchet, but I am certain the Penncrest name was JC Penney's even though it may not appear on the knives.