Need to identify an old mortise meisel /Pig Sticker logo.
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four.cycle
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Hello @ajuarez55 and welcome to the site.
I do not recognize the logo on the piece.
You do not have your location in your avatar, so I have no idea where you are located.
My best wild guess is "European".
You might see if you can find a match on Wolfgang's site HERE
I do not recognize the logo on the piece.
You do not have your location in your avatar, so I have no idea where you are located.
My best wild guess is "European".
You might see if you can find a match on Wolfgang's site HERE
RTM
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Missed this before.
After Wolfgang’s site, I’d try here
Then maybe
After Wolfgang’s site, I’d try here
Then maybe
RoninB4
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Doesn't look like a pig to me, looks like a unicorn or horse head. I vaguely recall some maker using that as a logo but I can't recall who. I've checked Etalon (Swiss micrometers) and it's not quite the same. Grobet (files) came to mind but they used a running rabbit.
RTM
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Pferd is a horse, but I don't recall their logo's shape
RoninB4
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RoninB4
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Perhaps Hale Brothers, makers of chisels
four.cycle
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I'm goin' with "unicorn" on that chisel.
That "Hale Bros" horse is wearing a halter.
I am still in need of a volunteer who can work with "Photoshop" and organize, resize, and put together some semblance of a "comprehensive" directory of tool manufacturer logos and herald marks. Currently 546 files. (AA's list includes only images which are symbols - he has omitted any logos/herald marks which include names.)
RoninB4
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Could also be Hale Brothers. Head shape similar, partial lettering of "G Deakin" below (presumed) horse head partly visible.
For more info: https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.com/n-fulldetails.php?val=h&kel=915
For more info: https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.com/n-fulldetails.php?val=h&kel=915
RoninB4
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-The halter might be difficult to retain as a stamp, thin lines like that wear off quicker than you'd like. It could also be an earlier version of the logo that just had less detail to it. Hale Brothers in 1842 might have been less refined/concerned about the logo and more concerned with the product itself.
Not saying you're wrong, I'm guessing too.
Firebrick43
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“Pig sticker” was in reference to the slang name for the type of mortise chisel the is sunk deep and the waste pried out. They are quite thick to survive the prying.
RoninB4
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-Understood and have used mortise chisels before. From Detroit in the early 70's a "pig sticker" had a different meaning.