Massive rusty Axe haul: how to find them.

This video shows my best old axe haul yet. It also goes over tips on how to find the best places to look and how to get them cheaper.

[@brithesaw]

the 10lb head is a post maul for knocking in posts and stakes. Still in use here in Scotland. I have a 16lb one. Lots of nice finds. All the best from Scotland.

[@MrMisaKulicka]

Yup, also know them as Stob Mell's. Monstrous things, tough work carrying them up hills for deer fences!

[@hoopie_304]

Greetings from WV. I’ve been picking old carpenter hand tools. Planes,hand drills, saws. I’m getting into axes and sledgehammers. Good video.

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

Hey man, your in a great spot to find true temper kelly heads. Good luck out there.

[@hoopie_304]

@@old_iron_axe_and_tool there’s some community yard sales coming up soon. I’ll be on the hunt.

[@jessecarter-wt8jg]

Nice meeting you at our yard sale this weekend. Great talking to you and learning about your channel. Will be on the lookout for you if I ever come across any tools. Jesse.

[@glcglc123]

Re: the W-N hammer, I used one like that to drive survey Stakes and Hubs back in my more youthful years (near 50 years ago) . My boss called it post maul, as pwaterdu said, used for wooden posts and stakes. The flat face didn't concentrate the force of the blow, so it didn't "tear up" the top of the stake or post like a rounded face sledge would. I am looking for what dad always called a Top Maul about 5 lbs with a probably 24 to 28 inch handle. A longish pointy peen and rounded hammer face. He used it to drive 20 to 60 penny spike on bridge jobs, he couls drive the spike just shy of the surface, spin the hammer in his hand and set the head of the spike below the surface without skipping a stroke, I typed this upbefore I finnished watching the video. I went back the to video and at 20:30you showed the "top maul" I was talking about.

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

Hey Gary, thanks for the input. I looked up that top maul, think they called it a ship maul also, Something like that.

[@axemanmike4390]

@ 19:56; my blacksmith friend says that is a drift or punch. He says the pointy end goes into the hole & the flat side is struck by a hammer! I picked one up myself, @ an estate sale for a buck! My friend said: "Now all you need is a project that needs a tapered HEX hole"! NICE haul! Thanks for sharing! Greetings from the PNW 🇺🇸! 🪓🌲🪓🌲

[@ronaldrhatigan7652]

The admiral is a pin maul for driving metal drift pins or large nails in large ship and boat timbers

[@rickhanson2941]

That is a SUPER find. I really like the double headed axe(s) and the rail spike hammers

[@squireca]

He came to our yard sale yesterday. He bought a few things and left us with some new knowledge on old axes and such.

[@oilburner8548]

So jealous of your finds! Well done , I'm buying all I can find at the car boot sale's (UK) what you'd call yard sale's 🚘dunno sorry if I'm wrong but same kinda thing

[@Nsvens89]

Excellent video, man. Loved seeing the haul. That pungent sound pattern you found in the wheelbarrow is a nice score. I don't come across those here on the East Coast. Plenty of good finds! For that zenith, I'd measure the eye to see if it's a crusier size or full size. It's an easy way to tell if a head is a genuine crusier or worn down double bit.

[@TylerSnyder305]

That first log brand with the green paint is fairly modern, because it was made from a 70's+ michigan. Starting in the mid 70's or so the poll on the Michigan pattern got much narrower and the heads started to look almost like an HB.

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

I'm thinking it could be an All Trade head from the 80s. Just a guess, the green paint looks original.

[@TylerSnyder305]

@@old_iron_axe_and_tool The green paint certainly points to that.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

6:10 is an electricians axe. You can tell by the way the eltrical tape was used & how well it was applied. That stuff can last a long time when applied by a pro (im not a pro. But my dad sure was)

[@carpentryfirst3048]

Your channel is awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@buck1978]

Nice man I’m the same way I’ll grab sledgehammers heads whenever I see em, gotta problem now thou I like putting em on Shorter handles lol

[@MountainMenMilitia]

I've got that exact True Temper A27 stamp on a C30. It looks beautiful.

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

What pattern? I read somewhere that the code was assigned to the machine and not the smith.

[@MountainMenMilitia]

I honestly think it's a Dayton pattern but I'm not super high speed on exact patterns. I made a short on it but never finished the video. But that head cleaned up is in it.

[@Kirt-Davis]

The white painted is a blacksmith's cold cut (chisel).

[@josephsteffen2378]

Great video!

[@phaul]

will you upload any tutorail how to recognise makers how to check who made it and when or a list of stamps and their meaning it would be reallu helpfull

[@gavinmerasty7001]

0:28 Aye, got my first ax from a nice old man

[@oilburner8548]

Warrantyied supiorior saw ? Ì have one found UK boot sale I sharpened it and use it hahaha amazing 😊

[@oilburner8548]

It's a post mallet/ for driving in fencing posts/stakes?

[@pwaterdu]

That fat 10lb hammer i believe was used to hammer large tent stakes in the circus days..yup old here

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

That's exactly what I had imagined when I found it.

[@maxhannum4616]

The only real use I've seen for the metal felling wedges is for greenwood splitting. Thin profile means it can bite real good into a wet log for carpenters

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

They're really good at destroying an axe poll.

[@maxhannum4616]

@@old_iron_axe_and_tool haha, we've come so far since then

[@brandonaga9042]

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[@geraldtucker8299]

Nice score

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

Yrs sir! My best yet. If only every weekend was like that.

[@bearwoodcraft3591]

Big hammers a fencing maul

[@WatsonFamilyAdventures2023]

Can you identify this axe blade?

[@ela-phunt5020]

I know you said you where gonna leave scrap metal at scrap metal but do you mean like a srap yard or recyclery? Asking since therese one in my town and i wanna know if its worth going to

[@user-wv6eh6vs7s]

Call the forestry office and they probably know who's log brand those are

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

Excellent advice. Thanks 👍

[@HarrisT]

Where are you located? Nevada City here!

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

I'm near Yosemite.

[@marvinlewis686]

I have found axe heads at landfill people break the handle throw them away!

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

It's crazy. A lot of people at yard sales won't even put them out because they don't have a handle and think because of that, they have no value! I always ask if I don't see any. My local dump has been giving them to the same guy for over 10 yrs.

[@ryanb1314]

I find the same thing. Lots of times even at the flea market I’ll ask and they have them tucked away didn’t even bother bringing out their door stop.

[@szxnv]

👍

[@jupitercyclops6521]

Ive known quite a few loggers who were tweakers

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

I was just talking to one yesterday. Tweakers love the woods.

[@jeffschroeder9089]

You ever do electrolysis?

[@old_iron_axe_and_tool]

Sure do. It's my go to for rust removal. I use it for etching art also.

[@ricardoescala9209]

Marker *h

[@ricardoescala9209]

Axes * h

[@tp-mh2ji]

Post Maul Head