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Steve & Maree Lehmann's Axe Collection
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Axes for Sale |
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Please note that the axes listed here have already found new owners *listed prices in Australian dollar are averaged between lowest and highest if multiple bids were received. If only one bid was received the listed price equals the actual sales price. |
*) Average offers received 2022 A$ |
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| 400 |
Keesteel 94 racing axe in very good condition. 7 1/2 x 6
1/2 x 31", 2.8kg
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500 |
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| 399 |
I & H Sorby Kent style half axe. Steel poll separation
line both sides (as in lot 398). Fitted with an early Krugers handle. 7
1/4 x 4 1/4 x 21 1/2", 1.5kg
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110 |
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| 398 |
Mid 19th century Horton, 191 Lewis Street, New York ship
axe with a narrow neck. The high poll is a steel block, fire welded onto
the wrought iron body - hence the clearly visible joint/separation line.
According to Steve's notes this separation line is common in early steel
polled axes, caused by flux impurities left between the two metals.
Fitted with a short white cedar handle. 11 x 6 1/2 x 28"", 2.5kg
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250 |
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| 397 |
Hurd's Razor Blade 13" broad axe in very good condition.
9 x 13 x 36", 4.1kg
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300 |
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| 396 |
OVB embossed axe with uncommon hollow bevels.
Manufactured by Plumb for Hibbard Spencer & Bartlett. Very nice early
hickory handle. 7 1/2 x 5 x 30", 2.1kg
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200 |
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| 395 |
Tasmanian Railway 6 lb bridge builders axe head. Some
burring to hammer poll. 9 x 4 1/2", 2.8kg
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100 |
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| 393 |
Kelley How Thompson 'Hickory' TM lathing hatchet, looks
unused. 6 x 2 1/4 x 13"
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100 |
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| 392 |
Plumb Autograf Anchor Brand 3 or 3 1/2 lb with spotted
gum handle. Good embossing with minor wear to top. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 31",
2.2kg
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200 |
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| 391 |
American Beauty lathing hatchet with original hickory
handle. Manufactured for and distributed by the American Hardware &
Supply Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Probably unused with deep
embossing. 6 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 12", 0.5kg
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150 |
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| 390 |
Kelly Standard claw hatchet, NOS with hickory handle and
paper label ex Tom Lamond collection. 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 14", 1.1kg
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150 |
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| 389 |
Hunter's Pride by James H. Mann Co hunting hatchet with
beautifully shaped thin hickory handle (needs new wedge). Remnants of
original red paint in the embossing. 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 14", 0.5kg
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150 |
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| 388 |
Kelly Perfect made in Canada 4 1/2 lb Phantom bevel with
stained hickory handle. Slightly burred poll. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 30", 2.5kg
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160 |
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| 387 |
Plumb Autograf Anchor Brand 3 1/2 lb with spotted gum
handle. Minor surface rust. Excellent condition. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 2.1kg
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300 |
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| 386 |
Gilpin Kent style 2 1/2 lb half axe with older pattern
Kruger handle. 7 x 5 x 24", 1.4kg
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150 |
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| 385 |
Welsh pattern miner's axe with prominent markings by
Howells & Son, Pontypool. Fitted with one of Steve's hand made true to
style hardwood handles.12 x 5 1/4 x 29", 3.4kg
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220 |
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| 384 |
Keech 1992 racing axe with Edward Cook grind/polish
and fitted with a new handle. 7 x 6 1/4 x 30", 2.4kg
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700 |
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| 383 |
Kelly 11" broad axe with prominent bevel and chip
breaker. 8 x 11 x 28", 3.3kg
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300 |
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| 382 |
Attractive 5 lb axe marked 'Carefully Tempered' with
custom added brass overstrike guard on very nice vintage hickory handle.
Maker's mark is not legible. Tristan Mason was the first to pick it as
an early Fayette Plumb
8 x 5 1/2 x 29
1/2", 2.9kg |
160 |
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| 381 |
Clark's Patent Australian Tordon axe with Sater Banko
head (lacquered). Similar to lot 170 in the Axe Gallery but most
probably a later model with a Swedish head (instead of the Australian
Hytest). Applicator is the same except the tube connector is now
plastic. 6 3/4 x 5 x 32", 2.4kg |
250 |
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| 380 |
Kelly 4lb Phantom bevel axe with stained hickory handle.
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 31", 2.3kg |
160 |
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| 379 |
Hibbard Spencer & Bartlett OVB embossed 3 1/2 lb axe in
excellent condition. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 29", 2.1kg |
250 |
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| 378 |
Early W. Jones of London # 4 Banbury/Kent pattern ship
axe 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 28", 2kg
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100 |
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| 377 |
James Howarth coachmakers axe 7 1/2 x 6 x 18", 1.8kg
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370 |
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| 376 |
Underhill Edge Tool Co tie hackers axe (railway sleepers)
with attractive spotted gum handle. 11 x 8 1/4 x 30", 2.3kg |
170 |
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| 375 |
User grade Plumb 4 1/2 lb felling axe with stained
hardwood handle. 7 x 5 3/4 x 31", 2.6kg
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110 |
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| 374 |
Keech The Good Axe/Keesteel 2000 racing axe. 7 1/2 x 6
3/4 x 31", 2.7kg
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450 |
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| 373 |
True Blue Racer C 96, probably unused. Drilled for roll
pin. Steve left no record of who built this axe or what the C96 stands
for. 7 1/2 x 7 x 31", 2.8kg
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500 |
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| 372 |
Brades Australia Cockatoo 4 lb with what I believe is the
original hickory handle. Steel has some discoloration and the former
owner left his hand prints all over the handle. Also note the
triple-struck stamping! 7 x 5 x 30", 2.2kg
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300 |
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| 371 |
Good Kelly Hand Made 4lb with stained hardwood handle. 7
x 4 1/4 x 30", 2.3kg
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225 |
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| 370 |
Plumb Rockaway pattern ca 4lb with excellent Tasmanian
Blackwood handle. 7 1/2 x 5 x 30", 2.4kg |
180 |
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| 369 |
Morley Bros embossed Wedgeway broad hatchet. Minor
surface rust. Very good condition with crisp logo. 6 x 5 x 15", 1.3kg |
150 |
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| 368 |
Little used Kelly Registered hatchet with polished
hickory handle. 5 x 3 1/4 x 14", 0.7kg
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150 |
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| 367 |
Clean Cut for Sportsmen hatchet with bear motif. I've
seen the usual ducks and the hounds but to find a bear definitely is
rare. Sold by Dunham Carrigan & Hayde Hardware Co San Franciso
1850-1950. 4 3/4 x 3 x 13 1/2", 0.6kg |
300 |
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| 366 |
Welland Vale Canadian lipped shipwright's adze head,
unused with lion logo paper label.11 x 4 3/4", 2lb 4oz, 1kg
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150 |
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| 365 |
Our Best CAYUGA Quality hatchet by Treman King Co Ithaca
NY. Embossing is excellent. 6 x 3 1/4 x 13 1/2", 0.7kg
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150 |
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| 364 |
Attractive early French bench axe from the Loire region.
8 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 16 1/2", 1.4kg
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150 |
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| 363 |
I.H J. Harrison ca 1902 scarce
Scotch pattern 2 1/2 lb half axe with Kruger hardwood handle. Some
burring to poll. 7 1/2 x 4 x 23", 1.5kg
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80 |
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| 362 |
Plumb 5 rafting axe in little used condition. 8 3/4 x 5 x
31", 2.7kg
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200 |
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| 361 |
Very early fire welded Gilpin 4 1/2 lb side axe ca
1830-1860. 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 24", 2.1kg
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150 |
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| 360 |
Probably unused D.R Barton 12" broad axe with original
black paint job and new hardwood handle. 8 3/4 x 12 x 33", 3.8kg
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300 |
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| 359 |
L.& I. J. White 7 3/4" side axe. Would be in very good
condition if it wasn't for the chips and cracks on the poll. 8 x 7 3/4 x
21", 2.1kg
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120 |
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| 358 |
Plumb 4 1/2 lb with very good hickory handle. 7 1/4 x 5
1/2 x 32", 2.5kg
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200 |
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| 357 |
Keech 02 Martin O'Toole Axe 'greaser' racing axe. I have
never seen this pattern axe completed with a the grease port but there
it was, hiding amongst a row of common racers! Looks unused. 8 1/2 x 7
1/4 x 32", 2.9kg
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600 |
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| 356 |
Keesteel 89 racing axe with nice early custom handle.
7 x 6 x 30", 2.5kg
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550 |
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| 355 |
Chopper 1 block buster. Little used with original hickory
handle that still shows remnants of the safety warning. Small chip on
top corner of cutting edge. 6 x 5 x 36", 3.9kg
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200 |
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| 354 |
Early German broad axe / hewing axe with some decorations
stamped on back and prominent owner's mark on handle. 9 x 14 x 23",
2.4kg
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250 |
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| 353 |
Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co OVB shipwrights axe with
paper label on handle. Poll had work done to remove burring. 12 x 6 1/2 x 29", 3.2kg |
200 |
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| 352 |
Brades ship carpenters axe with traditional type handle
in Blackwood. 10 1/2 x 6 x 26", 2.6kg |
110 |
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| 351 |
Very rare early Gilpin Lincolnshire pattern shipwrights
axe with Tasmanian Blackwood handle. 11 1/2 x 5 x 23", 2kg
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300 |
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| 350 |
Gilpin 3 1/2 lb coachmakers axe, professionally re-bitted
by Ron Devin. 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 17", 1.7kg |
300 |
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| 349 |
W. Beatty & Son coopers broad axe with short custom made
handle. Very good condition.7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 18", 1.7kg |
150 |
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| 348 |
Eagle Edge Tool Co 3 1/2 lb half axe. English. Apparently
Brades kept the name for export axes. Vintage hickory handle has a small
fix to the butt end. 7 x 5 x 30", 2kg |
200 |
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| 347 |
NOS black 4 3/4 lb Keech KC23 Timberman , 7 1/2 x 6 x 30
1/2", 3kg |
425 |
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| 346 |
Plumb Anchor Brand side axe. 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 24", 2.3 kg |
125 |
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| 345 |
Wedgeway Morley-Murphy Howe Co embossed light 3 lb axe
with spotted gum handle. 7 x 4 1/2 x 28", 1.8kg
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250 |
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| 344 |
Unusual coopers nailing adze No 1 by Greaves & Sons.
Minor bruising to handle top. 9 x
2", 1.2kg |
60 |
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| 343 |
Plumb 4 1/2 lb with very good stained hickory handle. 7
1/2 x 5 3/4 x 31, 2.4kg
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200 |
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| 342 |
D. Simmons 10" deep heavy broad axe with a 9" cutting
edge. Fitted with a hardwood handle, probably lost the wedge. 10 x 9 x
31", 3.8kg
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170 |
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| 340 |
Townley Hardware Co embossed axe made by Kelly (stamped
on back) Very good condition with new spotted gum handle. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4
x 31", 2.3kg
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250 |
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| 339 |
Zenith Marshall Wells embossed axe, professionally
re-steeled. Minor pitting marks. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 30", 2.1kg
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170 |
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| 338 |
Plumb 4lb with attractive hardwood handle 8 x 5 x 32",
2.3kg |
100 |
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| 337 |
Kelly Flint Edge Turpentine pattern NOS with label and
new Daniel Boone handle. 10 x 3 1/2 x 20", 3kg |
350 |
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| 336 |
Douglas 7" side axe in very good condition. 8 1/2 x 7 1/4
x 26", 2.3kg
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300 |
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| 335 |
Butcher's poll axe / knocking axe. Maker's mark
incomplete and too shallow to read. In good condition, 8 x 3 3/4 x 30",
2.1kg
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135 |
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| 334 |
Very rare Plumb 'THE CEDAR AXE PARA EL CEDRO' in
excellent condition, fitted with a slimline vintage hickory handle 7 x 5
1/2 x 27", 1.5kg
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450 |
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| 333 |
Super clean Warren Axe & Tool Co Cedar pattern hatchet
with hickory handle. Offered in the 1937 catalogue as Special Camp Axe.
5 1/2 x 4 x 15 1/2", 0.9kg
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100 |
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| 332 |
4 1/2 lb coachmakers axe by Brookes Bros,
Sheffield. 9 x 6 3/4 x 19", 2.3kg |
400 |
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| 331 |
American Axe & Tool Co hatchet Pat April 7, 1900. Owner's
marks both sides. 7 x 5 3/4 x 17", 1.5kg |
120 |
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| 330 |
Pair of quality froes: 6" by William Swift and 8" by C.
Whitehouse & Sons, Cannock
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180 |
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| 329 |
Kelly Standard True Temper fire truck axe in good
condition with full size stained hickory handle. 11 1/2 x 5 x 36", 3.4kg
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275 |
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| 328 |
Hytest Craftsman hatchet with remnants of original paint
job on head and original sticker on spotted gum handle. 5 1/4 x 3
x 16", 0.9 kg
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120 |
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| 327 |
Red Diamond miniature camping/hiking hatchet with paper
label on handle. 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 10", 0.3kg
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80 |
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| 326 |
Gilpin Chip Chop No 1 hatchet with original Gilpin paper
label on handle. 6 1/4 x 4 x 14 1/2", 0.9kg
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125 |
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| 325 |
Hytest Craftsman ca 2 1/2 lb half axe with new short
hardwood handle. 6 1/2 x 4 x 23", 1.6kg
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150 |
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| 324 |
Top shelf NOS Americanax 10" broad axe fitted with new
Red Dog handle. 8 x 10 x 30", 3.2kg
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250 |
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| 323 |
Brades No 1566 4 lb, fitted with good hickory handle. 7
1/2 x 4 1/2 x 30", 2.3kg
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140 |
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| 322 |
Exceptionally nice Keen Kutter No 5 with beautifully
restored/refinished hickory handle. 8 x 5 1/4 x 31", 2.6kg
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350 |
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| 321 |
Kelly Sandover's Special in fair condition. Digging
through a huge collection of Stanley planes I pulled this axe from under
a house in Perth W.A. almost 30 years ago and passed it on to Steve.
Only much later did we find out that this actually is a very rare axe
manufactured exclusively for the Sandover department store in Perth over
100 years ago. 7 x 5 1/2 x 31", 2.8kg
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| 320 |
I.H. (John) Harrison No 5 size English shipwright's axe
with original short curved hickory handle. 9 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 20", 2kg
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150 |
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| 319 |
Gifford - Wood Co ice axe. Minor rust/pitting to back. 12
x 2 1/2 x 27', 1.8kg
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100 |
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| 318 |
Plumb USA 4 1/2 lb, good user quality axe with a few
minor grinder marks on bit and light bruising to handle. 7 1/2 x 5
1/2 x 30", 2.7 kg
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150 |
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| 317 |
Unusual Elwell 4 snedding axe in very good condition.
Fitted with a hardwood handle. 0 x 7 x 30", 2.7kg
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120 |
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| 316 |
Collins & Co fireman's/fire truck axe mfd in Hartford,
Conn. USA.12 x 4 1/2 x 31", 2.9kg
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250 |
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| 315 |
Tiny German miniature hatchet with German patent DRGM (Deutsches
Reichs Gebrauchsmuster) probably pre WW2. Beautifully shaped handle. 4 x
2 1/4 x 11 1/2", 0.3kg |
90 |
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| 314 |
Zenith acid etched hatchet with good hickory handle. 6 x
4 x 17", 1.5kg
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100 |
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| 313 |
W.A. Lyndon 10" froe in very good condition. 1.5kg
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100 |
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| 312 |
Super clean Plumb Boy Scout hatchet with original hickory
handle. 5 x 3 1/4 x 13 1/2", 0.8kg
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80 |
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| 311 |
Isaac Sorby coachmakers axe, ca mid 1800s.Minor pitting
marks, good hickory handle. 8 x 7 x 18", 2.1kg
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450 |
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| 310 |
Pecks Champion Blade side axe. Moderate pitting marks. I
believe the poll has been repaired. 7 x 5 x 15", 1.5kg
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80 |
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| 309 |
Unused Kelly 12"/ 7lb broad axe with original paint
job. Manufactured between 1907 and 1930. Amazing condition for a 100
year old tool. 8 x 12 x 30", 4.1kg
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330 |
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| 308 |
Plumb Anchor brand 4lb with stained hardwood handle. This
early embossing is a lot more pronounced than the later Autograph logo.
7 x 4 1/2 x 31", 2.3kg
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370 |
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| 307 |
Brades Cockatoo 4lb made in Australia with remnants of
original paint and original handle. 7 x 5 1/2 x 30", 2.4kg
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400 |
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| 306 |
Keesteel 83 racing axe in very good condition. 7 1/2 x 6
1/2 x 30", 3kg
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500 |
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| 305 |
Rare mast maker's axe with the early mark of Isaac Nash
1842-1877. Fitted with a true to type old hickory handle. 14 1/2 x 6 x
28", 3.7kg
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400 |
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| 304 |
W.M. Weed No 8 side axe with hardwood handle. 9 x 7 1/4 x
28", 2.6kg
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105 |
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| 303 |
Super long Beschlagaxt /broad
or hewing axe. This particular shape with the skate toe and the
decorative scroll under the socket was in use from the 18th to the 20th
century, mainly in South Germany and the Alpine region. They were never
called goosewings. I would class this piece as a late cast model. It
seems to have been partially cleaned at some stage. Rust and pitting
spots on the back suggest this was a wall hanger for quite some time.
21" cutting edge, overall 27" long, 5 1/2 lb, 2.6kg.
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300 |
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| 302 |
Early Collins No 8 side axe. Minor chips to poll.
9 x 7 x 29", 2.8kg
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150 |
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| 301 |
Little used Plumb 3 1/2 lb. Original Permabond
hickory handle has a glued crack on the shoulder 6 3/4 x 5 x 30", 2.1kg
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115 |
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