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[Miller '72]

Lets See What You Have

 

[catspa]

Dang, used a lot of Estwings but never seen’em like that. Wish they still made those.

I’d even pay double that price.

Parker

 

[Miller '72]

Dang, used a lot of Estwings but never seen’em like that. Wish they still made those.

I’d even pay double that price.

Parker

I do like these, especially the wood scales. I was fortunate to find both the 3 and 2 pin models.

 

[catspa]

I like them too. Suppose that patent has expired by now, somebody could make another run of them.

Do you have the leather version?

Parker

 

[JM2]

Dang that’s neat. Thanks for sharing. I’d love one of their camp knives. But yeah, that’s a dream.

 

[Miller '72]

Dang that’s neat. Thanks for sharing. I’d love one of their camp knives. But yeah, that’s a dream.

I would like one of their knives also, but...

 

[CedarEater]

Yeah, you need a couple of them camp knives to go with those camp axes. I have never seen those and I too would love to have one or two. Very cool!

 

[Square_peg]

I do like these, especially the wood scales. I was fortunate to find both the 3 and 2 pin models.

I like that 3 pin model.

 

[Miller '72]

I like that 3 pin model.

Not sure how easy these are to find...i dont see them often but I was fortunate...each came to me a year or two apart from one another.
Very lucky with the 3 pin, the claw pick was not broken or worn, like the 2 pin.

Thanks S Square_peg

 

[Alocksly]

That looks like a marvelously functional little tool. I've got an old scout hatchet of a similar design with the pinned on wood scale handles, but it's just a simple hatchet pattern without the extra protuberances. I never found the nail-puller notch on the bottom of the blade to be particularly useful, but that looks like a decent crowbar. What's the purpose of the little spike on the poll?

 

[catspa]

I’d use it as a demo claw for prying off damaged planking or furring. Although there are other tools good for that, I often run into awkward angles when using a standard crowbar.

It reminds me somewhat of early firefighters’ forcible entry tools.

Parker

 

[JM2]

I’d guess it was for fence staples.

 

[Square_peg]

I never found the nail-puller notch on the bottom of the blade to be particularly useful, but that looks like a decent crowbar.

That little notch can be useful. When camping I like to bring a few duplex nails for hanging things on trees or securing a line. The little nail notch serves well enough to pull those nails. I even modified a little Fiskars hatchet with a nail notch for a light backpacking tool.

 

[rjdankert]

What's the purpose of the little spike on the poll?

FWIW

The advertisement in the original post in this thread states: "The steel hook at back of head is for . . ."

Link to a 1927 Estwing ad here:

Need Help Verifying Model of Vintage Estwing Hatchet

I recently inherited this hatchet from my late father in law. Who I believe got it from his father. I have searched Google Images, and only found a handful of images off 1 website, and they only guessed at its model. I wrote to Estwing and asked them, and they were able to confirm it was an...

www.bladeforums.com

Full patent:

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ac/86/87/f5ec93e0142e63/USRE16820.pdf

Bob

 

[Dusty One]

Really like seeing these. Thanks for posting !

 

[eveled]

Love those old utilax’s. Really nice pair. Thanks for sharing.

I have a lot of Estwing hammers and hatchets.
It took me a long time to get the knife to match the leather handled hatchets.

 

[tltt]

I like the Utilax also. I wonder if they still have the tooling for it somewhere, they'd make an interesting limited/special edition.

 

[Boattale]

A rescue.

 

[eveled]

I like the Utilax also. I wonder if they still have the tooling for it somewhere, they'd make an interesting limited/special edition.

It would have been perfect for a 100 anniversary celebration. I wonder how much tooling was even involved? I suspect the design with the nail puller being on the handle isn’t up to safety standards today.