Separate names with a comma.
I believe most prefer that orientation. There are other terms for the same thing. I got the term "bastard" from an article on splitting shakes....
Riving allows the long fibers to remain intact in the blank where sawing will almost certainly sever them (runout). So when you shape the handle...
[IMG] Bob
True Temper's patent for the eye ridges was Patent Number 3090653, filed 7/2/59 and granted 5/21/63. Bob
Google Translate: Forging factories Ferro - Ax factories “The forging factory Ferro is one of the newest industries in Forserum, which has just...
Old ETSY listing: [IMG] Bob
The "clue" from page 50: [IMG] Bob
From Lusto - The Finnish Forest Museum (image owner): [IMG] https://www.finna.fi/Record/lusto.M011-288894 Bob
https://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/deutsch.phtml Nice axe!:) Bob
[IMG]
[MEDIA] Carpenters Without Borders axes :D: [IMG] A closer look: [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] Bob
Best I have: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Bob
Not personally, but it reminds me of Walter's [IMG] [IMG] Bob
Can't see your photo, but this company also used a "G" in a diamond: [IMG] http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears Tools/Smart Mfg. Co..html...
No Anybody know about these others listed? William Mann's Ax Works, Lewiston, Pa. Carpenter & Co., Jamestown, N. Y. The Buffalo Ax Works Bob
https://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/woerder_pandel.phtml [IMG] Bob
[MEDIA] Bob
Have you looked for WILLIAM HUNT & SONS, THE BRADES, LTD., BRADES STEEL WORKS? Bob