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The Sager Chemical Axe and the Connecticut Pattern: Two Worth Knowing
Some vintage axes surface at estate sales and barn cleanouts and look like any other old axe to anyone who does not know what they are holding. Then they end up on the auction block and serious collectors start bidding. The Sager Chemical Axe and the Connecticut pattern are both in that category. If you find one and do not know what you have, this is the article you needed before you walked away. The Sager Chemical Axe The Company The Warren Axe and Tool Company was founded in 1893 in Warren, Pennsylvania by William J. Sager along with family...
The Norlund Axe: History, Models, and What Collectors Look For
If you spend any time in vintage axe communities, you will hear Norlund axes described in terms that get applied to very few American-made tools. "The Cadillac of axes" is the phrase that comes up most often. It is not marketing. It is the consensus of the people who have owned and used them, and it reflects something real about the quality that went into these heads during their production years. Norlund axes were made in Pennsylvania. They were made by skilled workers in a factory with over a century of axe-making behind it. They were sold through mainstream retail...
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