{"id":858,"date":"2018-03-20T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T01:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianpaonessa.com\/blog\/?p=858"},"modified":"2018-08-17T20:39:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T01:39:59","slug":"huge-birthday-hammer-and-hatchet-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brianpaonessa.com\/blog\/huge-birthday-hammer-and-hatchet-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Birthday Hammer and Hatchet Haul"},"content":{"rendered":"

WOW, got to say thanks to Jess and the Ralphs! You all outdid yourselves!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lately, my obsession has been cleaning up old tools. Particularly old rusty axes, hatchets, and hammers. Jess and I have been keeping our eyes on eBay watching for cheap auctions to snatch up and put back into service. I’m sure I have said it here before, but I’m always excited to daydream about what an old tool may have been through over the years.<\/p>\n

An old mushroomed hammer or chips in a bit are all markers of work that was done long in the past. Every few weekends I’ll fix up another and Jess and I will go out and chop up a fallen tree or stump to check them out. It’s been fun and I’m getting a small collection. I now have a few items that are around 100 years old, keeping them in service seems important to me.<\/p>\n

Well, my birthday was on the way and Jess and her parents conspired to overload me with fun work. …And they succeeded in spades.<\/p>\n

Considering that I’ve had some eBay luck recently too my backlog of projects is impressive.<\/p>\n

Below are some pictures of the take to help me track what’s still left to finish. As always I’ll post links to the finished tools as they are completed. With this many, it’s going to be a while!<\/p>\n

Hatchets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style (best guess)<\/b><\/td>\nLength<\/b><\/td>\nWidth<\/b><\/td>\nWho<\/b><\/td>\nLb.\/Oz.<\/b><\/td>\nGrams<\/b><\/td>\nNotes<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plumb Half Hatchet<\/td>\n5-7\/8″<\/td>\n1-1\/4″<\/td>\nBill<\/td>\n1# 6.1 oz.<\/td>\n630 g.<\/td>\nCrack in Poll<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unmarked Shingling w\/Nail Pull Hatchet<\/td>\n5-3\/4″<\/td>\n1″<\/td>\nBill<\/td>\n1# 6 oz.<\/td>\n627 g.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Americanax Half Hatchet<\/td>\n6-1\/2″<\/td>\n1-1\/8″<\/td>\nBill<\/td>\n1# 3.4 oz.<\/td>\n543 g.<\/td>\n1920s, Glassport, PA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C. HAMMOND\u00a0Half Hatchet<\/p>\n

(found a picture of another, stamp matches)<\/td>\n

5-7\/8″<\/td>\n1″<\/td>\n??<\/td>\n15.9 oz.<\/td>\n454 g.<\/td>\n2<\/a>
\nCHAMMOND
\nPHILA
\nCAST STEEL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germantown Lath Hatchet<\/td>\n6″<\/td>\n1-1\/4″<\/td>\nBill<\/td>\n14 oz.<\/td>\n397 g.<\/td>\nCut and Modified<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly Works Half Hatchet<\/td>\n6-3\/8″<\/td>\n1-1\/8″<\/td>\nJess<\/td>\n? oz.<\/td>\n? g.<\/td>\nWeldmark<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unmarked Shingling Hatchet<\/td>\n6-5\/8″<\/td>\n1-1\/8″<\/td>\nJess<\/td>\n? oz.<\/td>\n? g.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unmarked Half Hatchet<\/td>\n6-3\/8″<\/td>\n1-1\/8″<\/td>\nJess<\/td>\n? oz.<\/td>\n? g.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plumb Riggers\/Half Hatchet<\/td>\n6-1\/2″<\/td>\n1-3\/8″<\/td>\nJess<\/td>\n? oz.<\/td>\n? g.<\/td>\n\u00a0*fav*<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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