Found an Axe
I was camping in the Superstitions last week and came upon this old Axe head, it is a Plumb Boy Scout Axe. I put a new handle on it today and removed all the rust. Does anyone know roughly how old this is? I am also interested in quality and value of this piece. I plan on making it my standard carry when backpacking. thanks for any help! It was completely rusted out when I found it.
I am also new to this forum and really enjoy a lot of the helpful info get off this site.
thanks,
Kevin
Forgot the picture!
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Price wise not much.You can buy them mint for $45 or so. Age 1940-50 time frame. Nice looking head. Glad to see an old horse get a new life.
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Thanks for the info, time frame was really what I was looking for. I didn't think it was that old!. Now I just need to get a good edge on it.
They changed the Boy Scout emblem on those but I don't know when. Yours has the full emblem. They also stamped them without the outer circle, just the inner crest. I saw quite a few when I was a kid but none recently. I never owned one but several guys in my troops had them. I had a small camp axe but don't know the kind or what happened to it. I don't know when they stopped making them either. Could have been 60's but I do know they were made in 40's & 50's.
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Nice looking AX!
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good looking axe
That is a pretty cool find. Definitely will make a good conversation piece when packing it.
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The funny thing was is that I actually found it over a year ago originally, I was backpacking with my son and picked it up but at the time didn't have any interest. Now that I am more into bushcraft than ultra light hiking I went and looked for the tree I tossed it under. So I guess it has even that much more meaning to it. Now I just have to practice getting a good edge on it. I picked up the handle for 7.00 at Ace Hardware here in Arizona. I will definitely be packing it for now on. I purchased a cheap OD green sheath from Rothco last night, I hope it fits decent.
Whaduyamean OLD!!!! That's not old. I still have origional gear I bought as a kid that's older than that. Some of my newer stuff was bought in the 60s and 70s!Originally Posted by hike500
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
hopefully no offense taken Kyrat! It's funny I have spent most of my life trying to buy the latest and newest and now its the oldest that gets most of my attention. Also, I am from Columbus. Everything gets there about 12 years late!
It's very difficult to offend me, espically over camping gear.
I live south of the River, over in the "promised land". We have a lot of people that have moved here from Ohio. They say it is a good place to be FROM.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
Besides.....Kyrat has underwear as old as that axe you found.
That's underwear? I thought that was char-cloth!
Hate to waste anything glad you found it and gave it new life
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I just ordered a new sheath for it yesterday, I finally got a decent edge on it and want to keep it that way. Also, does Kyrat offer good deals on char-cloth?
Here is the sheath.
https://secure.armysurplusforless.co...iew.php?id=776
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