Steve & Maree Lehmann's Axe Collection
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Please note that the axes listed here have already found new owners  
 
 
             
900 European underground coal miners axe with vintage hickory handle. Stamped 777. Head 14", cutting edge 2", length 12 1/2", 1.6kg

 

  
                  
899 13" German broad axe, stave axe or hewing axe with very good, deep and age conform decorations. Steve got it from a mutual friend who acquired it locally - hence not one of the nasty imports from the Balkans. Probably late 1800s/early 1900s.  12 x 13 x 19", 2.1kg

 

  
        
898 Steve got this 18" goosewing broad/hewing axe head out of Germany as 19th century tool. We discussed his purchase a few years back.  While the markings are in keeping with very old axes - often apprentice pieces with religious references (IHS with a cross) I feel they are not that old. Definitely has good age to it but my guess is 20th century rather than 19th. Still a very impressive axe. 10 x 18", 2.5kg

 

  
                            
897 Another well made right hand 20th century German type hewing axe I got for Steve out of the USA twenty years ago. This one is fitted with a unique steel strap rather than the usual wedge to hold the handle in place. Stamped with a dolphin. 8 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 25", 2.7kg

 

  
                          
896 Sweet  little 7 3/4" 'half" broad axe by D.O. Benjamin & Sons. As far as I can tell the smallest broad axe of this pattern in Steve's collection. Very good condition. 7 x 7 3/4 x 24 1/2", 2kg

 

  
                       
895 Collins No 8 side axe. Minor pitting marks. 8 x 7 x 27", 2.35kg  
                    
894 Very good Plumb 12" broad axe hafted for l/h use. Little used tool. 9 x 12 x 32", 4kg  
                       
893 William Mann New Orleans pattern 12" broad axe in very good condition. 9 1/2 x 12 x 32", 4.1kg  
                       
892 Brades long feller. Had burring removed from poll.  11 x 3 3/4 x 31", 3.1kg

 

  
                       
891 John Harrison & Sons Kent pattern long feller with early hickory handle. According to Steve's notes this axe is from the 1860s. In original and very good condition for its age.  9 x 4 1/4 x 34", 2.9kg

 

  
                      
890 Scarce Robert Sorby Scotch pattern axe with very nice Bob Wood handle. Moderate pitting spots. 9 x 4 3/4 x 29", 2kg

 

  
                       
889 Wm H Weed No 8 squaring axe. Maker was Simmons, stamped over by Weed who also stamped 8 over the original 7. Good early axe. 8 x 8 x 29", 2.35kg

 

  
                       
888 Early B.D Hathaway shipwrights axe. Good for age, fitted with an early steam-bent hickory handle. 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 28 1/4", 3.6kg

 

  
                            
887 H.K. Jencks heavy American ships axe. No record of this maker in the Directory of American Tool Makers. Fitted with a traditional short steam bent hickory handle. 12 x 7 x 25", 3.6kg

 

  
                       
886 C. Hammond, Boston ships axe with type conform short hickory handle. From Steve's notes: C Hammond is known to have mfd in Philadelphia ca 1868-1903 but there does not appear to be any research or record of his having worked in Boston, so this axe is a bit of a mystery. Very good, probably cleaned and burring removed. 10 1/2 x 7 x 28 1/2", 3kg

 

  
                       
885 R. King No 52 ships axe in very good, little used condition. 11 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 29", 2.35kg

 

  
                       
884 Early American ships axe with chamfered lugs and poll. Partial maker's stamp illegible. Fitted with an attractive curved handle. Very good for age.  8 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 29", 2.8kg

 

  
                            
883 Extremely heavy F. Forest shipwrights/mast makers roughing out axe. No details on the maker but most probably English. Fitted with a traditional short steam bent hickory handle. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 26", 4kg

 

  
 
 		  
882 WM Beatty & Son, Chester ca 4lb ships axe head 11 3/4 x 5 3/4" 1.7kg
 		  
   
881 B Smith large ships axe head 11 x 7", ca 4 3/4 lb or 2.3kg

 

  
   
880 Fayette R Plumb ca 5lb ships axe head 10 1/2 x 6", 2.4kg
 		  
   
879 Collins ca 4 1/2 lb ships axe head 10 3/4 x 6 1/2", 2.2 kg
 		  
   
878 Large fireman's axe head, well made with chamfered edges. Probably 19th century. No stamping. 13 1/2 x 9", 3 1/2lb

 

  
       
877 French peat/sod/turf axe head in good condition. Minor decoration/maker stamp. Pitted as you'd expect from a thin bladed tool that works with wet soil! 9 x 14 3/4", 1.5kg

 

  
             
876 Gilpin Mines Deputies axe head with nail puller. 9 x 2 3/4", 1.6kg
 		  
                  
875 Early 1800s hand forged Italian small coachmakers axe head. The visible crack is the forging line that opened up over the centuries. 8 x 7 3/4", 1.5kg

 

  
                  
874 Beatty ships adze head. Little used. 9 3/4 x 4 1/4", 2lb
 		  
                      
873 John Yates No 3 hollowing/bowl adze head. 1 1/4lb, 7 1/4" long with a 3 3/4" cutting edge.
 		  
                       
872. Kangaroo brand adze head marked D&D. I haven't seen this stamp before; a kangaroo with the letter A in a star. According to the HTPAA dictionary of Australian makers, Australia Kangaroo was a brand name used by Trojan, a Melbourne tool maker established in 1904. 3 1/4lb, 11 1/4 x 4"
 		  
             
871 Frog Chillington 3 1/2 lb Java axe head in very good, little used condition. I believe these hard to come by axes with round eyes and no polls were made by the Chillington Tool Company in Wolverhampton England, mainly for the export market. Steve called them Java axes; Salaman's dictionary of Woodworking Tools lists them as Ceylon axes. Very good condition.  3 1/2 lb, 8" long with a 3 3/4" cutting edge
 		  
             
870 Collins Legitimus Brazilian/Spanish pattern (aka Hudson style?) 4 1/2 lb axe head in very good condition. 8 x 5 1/2"  
     
                       
869 Collins 12 1/2" broad axe with custom added log marker. Very good hickory handle. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 34 1/2", 3.3kg
 		  
                       
868 Wm Beatty & Son 9" broad axe. Looks very little used or unused, with original japanning and factory bevels intact. 9 1/4 x 9 x 31", 3.6kg
 		  
                       
867 Beatty & Son 12" broad axe with most of the original gold finish intact. 9 x 12 x 32", 4kg

 

  
                       
866 True Temper Flint Edge 12" broad axe in very good, little used condition. 8 1/2 x 12 x 32 1/2", 4.2kg

 

  
                 
865 Early W. Hunt & Co double bevelled broad axe. According to Steve's notes this axe was manufactured ca 1830-35. 11 x 7 3/4 x 33", 4kg

 

  
                            
864 Early Americanax 12" broad axe. Stamping indicates a manufacturing date around 1890. Little used in very good condition. 8 1/2 x 12 x 30 1/2", 4.1kg

 

  
                       
863 Early English shipwrights blocking axe. Stamping illegible. Very good original condition with  short hickory handle to fit into a tool chest. 12 x 6 x 23", 2.8kg

 

  
             
862 Unusual Wm Beatty ice axe with a flat poll. Very good condition. 9 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 23 1/2, 1.4kg  
        
861 W H Plumb Sydney morticing axe with original red finish. 10 x 1 3/4 x 24", 1.3kg
 		  
                             
860 Gilpin 11" coopers broad axe with nice early (and split) hickory handle. 8 1/2 x 11 x 18", 2.15kg  
        
859 Collins 4lb Brazil axe head, unused. 9 3 5/8"
 		  
   
858 Wyersberg Solingen, German made 1,2kg Spanish pattern felling axe head, unused. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4"
 		  
                                 
857 Marshall Wells Zenith acid etched 12" broad axe. 8 1/4 x 12 x 30", 4.1kg
 		  
                         
856 Quality Germanic 13" broad axe with hickory handle. Stamped WILLY. 7 1/2 x 13 x 25", 2.5kg

 

  
                       
855 Scarce Ohio Tool Co early Irish pattern axe. Had a small invisible repair done below the they eye. Steve classed this early axe as 'the quintessential American axe' commonly used in the USA in the first half of the 19th century.  10 x 8 x 32", 2.3kg

 

  
                       
854 Elwell 7lb Kent pattern large woodman's axe fitted with a Krugers hickory racing handle.11 x 6 1/4 x 31", 2.8kg
 		  
                       
853  James Howarth English shipwrights axe with a Tasmanian Blackwood handle (Steve's design)  10 x 4 3/4 x 28", 2.75kg

 

  
                       
852 Very good Underhill ships axe with hickory handle. 10 1/4 x 7 x 27", 2.6kg

 

  
                       
851 Kelly True Temper Flint Edge big undercutter axe  with an extra long handle. 13 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 34 1/2", 3kg

 

  
                       
850 Large 11" German socket side axe. No markings. 10 x 11 x 30", 2.9kg

 

  
                       
849 W Gilpin Newcastle pattern masting axe manufactured for R.Ross & Co in the mid 19th century (stamp on back). I believe Ross was an early shipbuilder on the Clyde in Glasgow, later to merge as Ross & Marshall. Fitted with a white cedar handle. A rare piece of history. 14 x 5 x 28", 3.1kg
 		  
        
848 L&I.J. White coopers adze in very good condition. 9 x 3 1/2 x 9"

 

  
   
847 Large coopers adze in very good condition. No makers mark. 12 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 8"
 		  
   
846 Wm Greaves coopers adze, well worn 8 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 7"

 

  
   
845 Marples size 3 coopers adze. 10 x 2 7/8 x 8"

 

  
   
844 Brades slaters axe/sax with 10" edge. Painted black. 16 1/2" overall length
 		  
        
843 Elwell 9" froe, handle loose
 		  
        
842 W.H.Plumb Pty Ltd 9" froe, handle is loose
 		  
        
841 14" froe marked K&M?
 		  
        
840 Gilpin 10"  froe
 		  
        
839 Gilpin 9" shingle froe
 		  
        
838 W.H. Plumb Australia stamp on this 12" froe

 

  
                            
837 C.A.C. Axe Co Holbrook Mass. Damascus camp axe with beautiful slender original hickory handle with the patented adjustment screw on front plus nail puller on back. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 24", 0.9kg
 		  
                  
836 French side axe, re-steeled by Ron Devin. Maker's initial, no other stamping. 8 x 9 x 15", 1.8kg
 		  
                       
835 French hatchet marked  Mathie...  Brades. The handle was cracked and glued as pictured. 10 x 4 3/4 x 18", 1.1kg
 		  
                       
834 Powell coopers broad axe with red cedar handle. Minor rust and pitting marks. 6 1/2 x 7 x 15 1/2", 1.1kg
 		  
             
833 6 1/2 lb bronze cast of a coachmakers axe head. 9 x 8 x", 3kg
 		  
        
832 Unused Americanax 3 1/2 lb felling axe head. Very good with most of the original paint job is intact. 7 3/4 x 5", 1.6kg
 		  
   
831 David Foster World Champion 4 1/2 lb axe head. Tasmanian wood chopping  legend and one of Australia's most successful athletes with over1000 title wins! Unused. 7 1/2 x 6", 2.15kg
 		  
   
830 Collins 6lb axe head, polished but got wet and accumulated storage rust and mild pitting marks. I buffed it with a cloth buff to take off the worst of it. Needs more work but should come up very good. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4", 2.75kg
 		  
   
829 Plumb shipwrights adze head, unused with most of the black finish intact. 10 1/2 x 4 1/2", 1.3kg
 		  
        
828 Brades 3 3/4lb ships adze head with faint decal. Unused but accumulated quite a bit of storage rust. 13 x 4 1/4", 1.7kg
 		  
   
824 Trojan Challenger made in Australia 4 1/2 lb axe head with original paint job an partial paper label. 7 1/2 x 5", 2kg
 		  
   
823 Probably unused L & I J White 3lb ships adze head with partial paper label. 11 x 4 1/4", 1.4kg

 

  
   
822 Heavy Gilpin 5 3/4 lb adze head, unused with original paint job and paper label. 11 1/2 x 6 1/4, 2.5kg

 

  
   
821 Australian Hytest 4 1/2 lb adze head with original green paint and remnants of red Hytest transfer. 12 1/4 x 4", 2.1kg

 

  
                  
820 French sabotiers axe by D.Contancin a LaSouterraine (village in Central France) with original age cracked fruitwood handle. Moderate pitting. 8 x 9 x 16", 2.7kg
 		  
        
819 Stirrup adze head by Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works plus two stirrups (one pitted). Head measures 8 1/2 x 3 3/4"
 		  
             
818 Stirrup adze with custom made handle. Hale Bros, Sheffield head 9 x 4 3/4". 11" handle sits loose on head, needs wedging.

 

  
                      
817 G.W. Underhill 8" broad axe with spotted gum handle. Very good condition. 11 x 8 x 32", 3.8kg

 

  
                             
816 Kelly How Thomson Plumb Anchor brand 10 1/2"/ 6 1/2lb broad axe in very good condition. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 29 1/2", 3.7kg
 		  
                  
815 One-off memorial sapping/broad axe 'Kelly" produced by axe maker Dave Shaw of Nerang and collector Ron Krause ca 25 years ago. 8 x 11 1/2 x 35", 3.7kg

 

  
                       
814 Very good L & I J White 11" broad axe. 8 x 10 3/4 x 33", 3.9kg
 		  
                       
813 Mid 19th c. Kent style/Australian pattern long felling axe by John Yates & Co, fitted with one of Steve's Queensland maple handles. Professional repair to eye by Ron Devin. 9 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 28 1/2", 2.5kg

 

  
                       
812 Scarce William Swift London pattern wheelers axe. Burring removed from poll. Comes with Steve's hand made true to style handle. 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 29", 3.1kg

 

  
        
811 Fern Tools morticing axe.. yet another stamping version of this Australian made W.H. Plumb axe. 10 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 25", 2.2kg

 

  
                       
810 Early Powell Tool Co ships axe with vintage short hickory handle. 11 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 27", 2.5kg

 

  
                       
809 Fayette R Plumb double bevelled ca 5 1/2 lb English pattern axe. We have no index card for this one and I find it hard to place it. Almost Kent style, wider and shorter than a typical ships axe, maybe more of a heavy axe used for framing or the likes. Super clean with two owner's initials. 7 1/2 x 6 x 28", 2.9kg
 		  
                       
808 Rare W.M. Marples and Sons Guildford pattern 8lb axe in excellent condition, fitted with a beautifully grained Bob Wood handle. 10 x 6 1/2 x 33, 3.9kg

 

  
                       
807 McCoy shipwrights axe in very good condition. 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 33", 2.8kg

 

  
                  
806 Kelly Hand Made mortise axe.  9 x 1 7/8 x 23", 2kg

 

  
                       
805 Sorby Kent pattern half axe. 9 x 5 1/2 x 22", 2,1kg

 

  
                                 
804 Second last of Steve & Maree's Aussie racers: Brute Forge Original in very good condition. 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 31", 3kg

 

  
                                 
803 The very last of Steve & Maree's  Aussie racers: Osborne # 1 CNC in excellent condition 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 31", 2.9kg

 

  
                       
802 Gromax tordon axe with a short handle. 6 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 17", 1.2kg

 

  
        
801 Whitehouse morticing axe in good condition. 10 x 1 3/4 x 22", 1.6kg

 

  
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