Nice looking axe head and I like the collection of Plumb axes that you're building up there. It's great to hear your daughter being enthusiastic about axes and that you instill her a sense of value about such items and she's certainly very bright and observant! I'm looking forward to seeing how the sharpening and making the handle goes. :)
Thanks Simon! Yes, Laurel really is up for learning about anything and she is always asking questions and really listening to my answers so we have a lot of fun together! I'll be finishing up the handle this weekend and testing it out. Thanks again for the kind words and for watching
This is actually a national pattern, the plumb nationals looked like a rafting axe but they don't have a hardened poll like a rafting / construction axe. Nice head there for sure. The Griffith tool works ( also germantown tool works at one time ) is a half hatchet. It's not specific to any one trade and is just a general purpose carpentry tool. Roofing ( actually shingling ), carpenters, car builders, lathe & plaster , and flooring hatchets are all trade specific and different from each other.
Really nice axe must have cost you a pretty penny! Teach those kids Young about how to use a tape measure it'll always come in handy later great video my friend!
Thanks Opa, not too bad around $40 with shipping which is the most I've ever spent on an axe but I'm glad I did. I like getting old iron back in working order...very satisfying to get to use these pieces of history!
I just bought one of these Plumb hatchets (on the original 16" handle) at a farm auction for $0.50. It has a few small nicks in the bit, but I'll let them disappear with subsequent sharpening.
Hatchet or ax? Plumb makes a clear distinction between those, too. An ax is an ax (though they use the British spelling, "axe"). And hatchets are one-handed tools with an ax-like blade. One-handed axes, they simply called those "hand axes."
I also bought a half hatchet like the one you showed, paid $0.50 for it as well. The hammer face has a few chips, but it's my 7 yr old sons first hatchet so I'm sure it may get a few more over time. It is a #2 C. Hammond out of Philadelphia...it seems they went out of business in the 1920s.
Anyone running across this: Nice Plumb National -- but neither rafting nor cedar pattern. It's a very distinctive pattern of its own and not designed for the uses either cedar or rafting patterns were. Plumb did indeed *make* a rafting pattern (it's their "construction" ax). They're in a Plumb catalog, for sure. But the pattern is distinctly different from their Nationals. That big, fan-shaped blade is the give-away. Biggest problem in mistaking it for a rafting pattern is, you bang that poll on some metal fasteners and it most certainly will deform badly, mushrooming all over, not having a rafting ax's hardened poll.
I must have skipped over part 1, is there a way I could send you a photo of the plumb hatchet I have. From what I have researched online, it was made between 1942-48. It is painted black, with gold Plumb logo, the wedge and cone screw wedge are also painted black, and everything is is great condition I think. I sanded and oiled the handle, and had a sheath made for it. It feels tight by hand, but in the past it has loosened a bit. I guess I just want to learn how to take the best care for it long term. Right now, the handle is completely flush with the head. Again, I would love to forward photos, maybe you could give me some advice or insight.
Hey my brother in law & my sister just found one in the wall of there house. Which once upon a time used to be a chicken coup I guess. They gave it to me to fix it up. I was wondering why its stamped "Plumb Victory" & not just plumb, would you by chance know? Loved your video & the history. Thank you.
Could you harden the face if you wanted to? Would you want to? PS, love the way you interact with Laurel. She’s very bright and adds character to the video. She said you’re going to make a nice handle, and I do believe her!
Thanks Daniel! I did take a file to that part that was slightly mushroomed and it did cut into it so it is non-hardened. I'm not an expert at hardening and tempering, although I want to learn more so I can make some knives with the small forge I built last summer. I think it could be hardened but I'm not going to risk it with this axe (don't want to crack it or ruin the bit's temper in the process). The handle is coming along nicely using a drawknife and spokeshave. Have you ever used either of those tools? probably the most relaxing and satisfying woodworking hand tools to use. Thanks for watching and the kind words about Laurel!
Vintage Wood Workshop, I’ll have to look and see if I can find a video by you on the small forge; my brother is very interested in starting blacksmithing. I do have an antique draw knife (or perhaps it’s a spokeshave?) that I found in Oregon, but haven’t used it. Laurel remains me of my nieces when they were her age, and she causes me to chuckle like they did. What a treasure laughter and children are.
I have an old hewing axe with the letters CC& STL R.R there may or may not be a peroid Between the R's the letters are on the face of the axe about 2/3 down on the face of the axe and can't find nothing about it
That kid makes these videos so much fun to watch so glad there are fathers like you still teaching their kids
Nice looking axe head and I like the collection of Plumb axes that you're building up there. It's great to hear your daughter being enthusiastic about axes and that you instill her a sense of value about such items and she's certainly very bright and observant! I'm looking forward to seeing how the sharpening and making the handle goes. :)
Thanks Simon! Yes, Laurel really is up for learning about anything and she is always asking questions and really listening to my answers so we have a lot of fun together! I'll be finishing up the handle this weekend and testing it out. Thanks again for the kind words and for watching
Cool that you got your kid involved in it.
I just got a regular plumb axe 4ibs finished still has original handle with some of the red cherry finish on it it's amazingly sharp too
This is actually a national pattern, the plumb nationals looked like a rafting axe but they don't have a hardened poll like a rafting / construction axe.
Nice head there for sure.
The Griffith tool works ( also germantown tool works at one time ) is a half hatchet.
It's not specific to any one trade and is just a general purpose carpentry tool.
Roofing ( actually shingling ), carpenters, car builders, lathe & plaster , and flooring hatchets are all trade specific and different from each other.
Really nice axe must have cost you a pretty penny! Teach those kids Young about how to use a tape measure it'll always come in handy later great video my friend!
Thanks Opa, not too bad around $40 with shipping which is the most I've ever spent on an axe but I'm glad I did. I like getting old iron back in working order...very satisfying to get to use these pieces of history!
I just bought one of these Plumb hatchets (on the original 16" handle) at a farm auction for $0.50. It has a few small nicks in the bit, but I'll let them disappear with subsequent sharpening.
Hatchet or ax? Plumb makes a clear distinction between those, too. An ax is an ax (though they use the British spelling, "axe"). And hatchets are one-handed tools with an ax-like blade. One-handed axes, they simply called those "hand axes."
@@OnceUponAnotherTime well, I find it extremely difficult to swing a 16" hafted edged tool with 2 hands, so I called it a hatchet.
You can literally see the hardening in the pole, I just picked one up good vid
I have a true temper rafting axe any it is one of my favorite axes ever.
Nice going Laurel!!
I have a Dreadnaught Cruiser I love it.
I also bought a half hatchet like the one you showed, paid $0.50 for it as well. The hammer face has a few chips, but it's my 7 yr old sons first hatchet so I'm sure it may get a few more over time. It is a #2 C. Hammond out of Philadelphia...it seems they went out of business in the 1920s.
Anyone running across this: Nice Plumb National -- but neither rafting nor cedar pattern. It's a very distinctive pattern of its own and not designed for the uses either cedar or rafting patterns were. Plumb did indeed *make* a rafting pattern (it's their "construction" ax). They're in a Plumb catalog, for sure. But the pattern is distinctly different from their Nationals. That big, fan-shaped blade is the give-away. Biggest problem in mistaking it for a rafting pattern is, you bang that poll on some metal fasteners and it most certainly will deform badly, mushrooming all over, not having a rafting ax's hardened poll.
I found a PLUMB, 28" 2 pound head, looking for more info on PLUMBS, nice balance, yours are nice
I must have skipped over part 1, is there a way I could send you a photo of the plumb hatchet I have. From what I have researched online, it was made between 1942-48. It is painted black, with gold Plumb logo, the wedge and cone screw wedge are also painted black, and everything is is great condition I think. I sanded and oiled the handle, and had a sheath made for it. It feels tight by hand, but in the past it has loosened a bit. I guess I just want to learn how to take the best care for it long term. Right now, the handle is completely flush with the head. Again, I would love to forward photos, maybe you could give me some advice or insight.
Ty Smith hey Ty, email me at kylebollendorf1 at gmail dot com
Hey my brother in law & my sister just found one in the wall of there house. Which once upon a time used to be a chicken coup I guess. They gave it to me to fix it up. I was wondering why its stamped "Plumb Victory" & not just plumb, would you by chance know? Loved your video & the history. Thank you.
Plumb victory is post world war 2 . The stamped victory for a few years after the war to celebrate
The axe on the left with US written on it is boy's axe pattern right? Very good looking axe! Great video
I have a Fayette R Plumb hatchet head I'm working on. Don't know how old it is.
Could you harden the face if you wanted to? Would you want to?
PS, love the way you interact with Laurel. She’s very bright and adds character to the video. She said you’re going to make a nice handle, and I do believe her!
Thanks Daniel! I did take a file to that part that was slightly mushroomed and it did cut into it so it is non-hardened. I'm not an expert at hardening and tempering, although I want to learn more so I can make some knives with the small forge I built last summer. I think it could be hardened but I'm not going to risk it with this axe (don't want to crack it or ruin the bit's temper in the process). The handle is coming along nicely using a drawknife and spokeshave. Have you ever used either of those tools? probably the most relaxing and satisfying woodworking hand tools to use. Thanks for watching and the kind words about Laurel!
Vintage Wood Workshop, I’ll have to look and see if I can find a video by you on the small forge; my brother is very interested in starting blacksmithing. I do have an antique draw knife (or perhaps it’s a spokeshave?) that I found in Oregon, but haven’t used it. Laurel remains me of my nieces when they were her age, and she causes me to chuckle like they did. What a treasure laughter and children are.
DanielinLaTuna need vid yet on the forge....in the works
I have an old hewing axe with the letters CC& STL R.R there may or may not be a peroid Between the R's the letters are on the face of the axe about 2/3 down on the face of the axe and can't find nothing about it
Picked one from a Yard sale for 1$ 😊
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i bought my tools to use !!
You and everybody else. Use them hard and you will go threw a lot of them. What will you do with all the broken tools you have laying around?