I thought it would be interesting to start a thread looking at and discussing the vintage axes we have in Australia. Hopeful members will share photos of axes they own and the tell story's behind them. Finding out background information and history on old axes can be hard. Much information has been lost over time or just not available on the internet.
Some axes where made locally but there was a lot of imports from UK, USA and Sweden. Three common big brand names from back in the day where Plumb,Kelly and Hytest .Australia saw the development of it own style of axe with the of the Tasmania pattern axe. These evolved to deal with the hard woods found in Australian.
Old newspaper advert for Hytest axes....

Some axes where made locally but there was a lot of imports from UK, USA and Sweden. Three common big brand names from back in the day where Plumb,Kelly and Hytest .Australia saw the development of it own style of axe with the of the Tasmania pattern axe. These evolved to deal with the hard woods found in Australian.
Old newspaper advert for Hytest axes....

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