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I had a Plumb Scout hatchet, likely long gone.

Talus in Arizona;
Good afternoon sir, I hope the day's been an acceptable one thus far and this finds you and those who matter in your life well.

Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us, as a lifelong student of most things that cut, I appreciate your attention to detail.

If you or anyone else for that matter is interested in the history of some of the North American brands, here's the best resource I've found so far.

http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears%20Tools/Home.html

Thanks again and all the best to you as we head into official winter.

Dwayne

Thank you; have dug many a gem from Yesteryears.

I still have mine that my grandparents gave me for Christmas when I was 12 or 13. My mother used it to edge the sidewalk 😡 at some point when I went off to school so it was in pretty sad shape the next time I laid hands on it. I cleaned it up but it doesn’t come anywhere near Talus’s work. Not even close.

This is my adze. It is an antique but I don't know where it was made. As with most of these old tools, you buy the steel part and it is up to you to find the wood.
I bought the handle at a wonderful hardware store in n. Atlanta that sells all kinds of log building tools. I think it is hickory.
Believe me, this handle is sweat-cured. What a workout you get with an adze.



There are no markings on the adze except for this big X engraved on it. I don't know what that means.
I would love to learn the history of this adze. Could have been used to build log cabins here in North Carolina in 1830. Could have been in a shipyard in Maine in that same year. Who knows.

That is sweet!

An Adz gives a unique finish to logs, and it's my favorite tool for that purpose. The logs above show why ... lovely.

I would like to get in the time machine, and go back to the naval yards in England in 1530, when King Henry VIII was building his fleet.
Just imagine the slicks, the adzes and broad axes, the chisels that would have been in use. I'd like to pitch in and work there as an apprentice for a week or two.

Try to leave the Plague and Cholera there when you come back please.

They had some unique axes, too. I always thought a master shipwright had to really know wood.