New toy day

[sime42]

I've got one of those top ones. The leather discs make a really good handle, comfy and grippy. I bought it in a French hypermarket years ago. Badged as a Serpe Italien I seem to remember.

 

 

[Tree monkey 1682]

16 hours ago, organic guy said:

Not cleaned the top left yet so not sure of the maker. Clockwise from top, Elwell Yorkshire with handle by Elwell, red is Bulldog, then biped,  elwell slasher ,  WS? , Skelton. 

Steam fair was always great for picking up stuff, ive a fiskars bill hook ,axe, . Sandvik brush hook - what ever that is , then the standard pattern bill hook found in a skip.. but ive never had or owned Yorkshire pattern double edged  billhook

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Sandvik brush hook - what ever that is

Do you mean brush axe, horrible bent metal head with a straight removable blade that never hits at a sweet spot and rattles when you hit a branch?

[organic guy]

19 hours ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

First ones a Yorkshire pattern made by bulldog 

How do you know?

I think you are right but it is very rusty and the makers name may not survive  cleaning. 

[openspaceman]

16 minutes ago, organic guy said:

How do you know?

I think you are right but it is very rusty and the makers name may not survive  cleaning. 

I am most taken by the one in the last picture of your original post, what is the maker and style?

 

I  have one laminated billhook, Stamforth Severquick, which only shows up because it has been hammered on the back of the blade.

[Tree monkey 1682]

3 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Do you mean brush axe, horrible bent metal head with a straight removable blade that never hits at a sweet spot and rattles when you hit a branch?

Nope a brush hook, almost like a two handed bill hook , not like a hacksaw mounted onto a shaft ! 

Not learned how to put photos up on here yet 

[Mick Dempsey]

11 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Nope a brush hook, almost like a two handed bill hook , not like a hacksaw mounted onto a shaft ! 

Not learned how to put photos up on here yet 

At the bottom of the reply box it says choose files (underlined) press that a box will come up with three choices, the first is ‘photo library’ choose that and the rest is intuitive. 

[Tree monkey 1682]

3 hours ago, organic guy said:

How do you know?

I think you are right but it is very rusty and the makers name may not survive  cleaning. 

On the how do I know about billhook patterns/ styles - i used to do green wood work as a child ,then forestry then into arboriculture as a very young teen.ive numerous books on green woodwork, numerous catalogues, from sandvick, Windsor,bulldog, old stanton hope ,jafco etc ... then the is numerous people ive met along the way, from old foresters , through to tool merchants  etc .

I learned quickly when I was younger 

 

[Tree monkey 1682]

13 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

At the bottom of the reply box it says choose files (underlined) press that a box will come up with three choices, the first is ‘photo library’ choose that and the rest is intuitive. 

Thank you .I guess its linked to your gallery 

[Mick Dempsey]

Yes.