Vintage Axes and Garden Equipment

[shavey]

Nice useful little axe looks like a chip chop 

[Botty Cough]

8 minutes ago, shavey said:

Nice useful little axe looks like a chip chop 

Yeah it's lovely and light.

I'll investigate more in the daylight.

Will the markings reveal the make etc...?

[spudulike]

1 hour ago, Botty Cough said:

Found this in my new shed today. I'll have an oil up tomorrow and see if I can identify it.

😬

Been here a while now and started getting into the outbuildings a bit ...

I think the stamp says Brades Co Solid Steel. It is a "Kent" style head, the handle has a little worm in it and it looks like the handle could do with removing and a new wedge fitted. The top of the axe edge looks to have been dinged a bit then sharpened as it has lost its shape a bit and the back of the axe has been battered in its past but....nice little project to get it back in to shape. You could hang it the other way round as the eye is probably the same dimension through its complete length but check.

[sime42]

I think it's a Brades as well.

 

[Botty Cough]

The house has revealed a few treats being in the same family since it was built in the 60s.

I'll clean it up tomorrow and see if I can identify it a bit better.

Does seem to of had a bit of worm so I'll dip it and see if I can keep the handle.

He definitely used it as it's well battered for sure.

[spudulike]

You can probably drill the original wedge out if it is wood. Make a new one out of hard wood - Oak is good and solid and use a bit of wood glue around the eye (Hole) in the axe head, on the axe head and wedge as it fills cavities and ensures a nice tight bond that will hold it all together well.

[Botty Cough]

12 hours ago, spudulike said:

You can probably drill the original wedge out if it is wood. Make a new one out of hard wood - Oak is good and solid and use a bit of wood glue around the eye (Hole) in the axe head, on the axe head and wedge as it fills cavities and ensures a nice tight bond that will hold it all together well.

Sure.

Will have a go at it over the weekend. Found some random stuff here that's forsure.

 

[sime42]

7 minutes ago, Botty Cough said:

Sure.

Will have a go at it over the weekend. Found some random stuff here that's forsure.

 

 

Go on then, spill the beans. What other good stuff have you found? Any "barn finds" yet?

[Botty Cough]

8 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

Go on then, spill the beans. What other good stuff have you found? Any "barn finds" yet?

Well I have found some lovely hand painted tiles, the axe, some old whitworth tools and a morris minor hub cap so far with more stuff to go through yet...😬

Hopefully no dead badgers but you never, know...

[sime42]

You'd have smelt it by now .......

Nowt so pungent as a bloated roadkill badger.