Old Elwell

[rarefish383]

neiln told me you have an axe forum, I haven't been able to find it. I found an old Elwell at an auction. The sale started Monday, and ends tonight. The axe has a round handle and round eye, kind of looks like a big tomahawk. I've had the winning bid from Monday, at $24 US, till I got up this morning, and it was $65 Us.  I think that's about 48 pounds. I really wanted this thing, have never seen one before, and can't find any info on it. My mother in law gives me $200 for my birthday, I might go $100 on it as a birthday present from me, to me, What do you guys think?

[Dan Maynard]

Well they don't make 'em like that any more, as the saying goes.

[rarefish383]

I bumped my bid up to $80. I really didn't want to go that high, but it's the only one I've ever seen. As I said above, I might go $100, and call it my birthday present to me?

Edited March 26, 2021 by rarefish383

[openspaceman]

37 minutes ago, rarefish383 said:

I bumped my bid up to $80. I really didn't want to go that high, but it's the only one I've ever seen. As I said above, I might go $100, and call it my birthday present to me?

Could it be a poll axe with the spike cut off?

[rarefish383]

I've heard them called a pole axe, but this has not had the spike cut off. The surface is uncut. The good news is, the auction just ended, and I won the bid. Paid a lot more than I wanted. Had to go $130, plus $26 in tax and commission. That's the most I've ever paid for an axe. It's more than I pay for most of my chainsaws!

[rarefish383]

Not worth starting a new thread in the chainsaws, but this auction had a bunch of older Stihls. There was an 066 in one of the pavilions. A not very chainsaw looking guy asked if it ran"? Said dunno. He gave it a quick yank and it fired right up. The bid on it was $400 when I left. I have a 660 and an 075, so I passed, but it sounded good. I still have some bids in on double bit axes, Joe.

[rarefish383]

A gent on arboristsite said when he was in Guatemala 30 years ago, they used axes of the pattern in this Elwell. I got 4 axes from the auction, the Elwell, I had to go $130 on it. A nice "no name" Double, an OK Stanly single and another "no name" single, that came with the double.