Help Identifying Hatchet

[jlhamilton81]

Found this old hatchet covered in rust and cleaned it up along with handle.

There are no identifying marks I can find anywhere other then the number 600 on one side as pictured.

Will attach a few photos, any help with identifying or available resources would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Jeremy L. Hamilton

 

[American Iron]

Looks similar to a Johann Wiebelhaus made axe head but its missing the Wiebelhaus stamp. (Meschede, Germany).
Very similar in shape to one on reddit. The 600 font looks the same. Yours looks like it was cleaned at some point maybe the logo is gone? Maybe this helps.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Axecraft/comments/rqs1y1

 

[2oolhound]

Nice hatchet. It's unusual to see the blade flare out at the top as much as it flares on the bottom. Ox Head axes from Germany have this double flare also. When I was building log homes in the 70's the Ox Head axes were sought after. They were the best for "hand axing", a process where you held the head in your hands and with the fingers of one hand along the cutting edge you would curl shavings off the wood. I still have 3 or 4 Ox Heads of varying sizes.
Ox heads are very well stamped with the name along the side of the **** so I don't think yours is that brand. In the photos your hatchet has the look of high end steel though, smooth finish and free of pock marks or imperfections. Weight markings in metric indicate German or other foreign manufacturing.

 

[jlhamilton81]

Nice hatchet. It's unusual to see the blade flare out at the top as much as it flares on the bottom. Ox Head axes from Germany have this double flare also. When I was building log homes in the 70's the Ox Head axes were sought after. They were the best for "hand axing", a process where you held the head in your hands and with the fingers of one hand along the cutting edge you would curl shavings off the wood. I still have 3 or 4 Ox Heads of varying sizes.
Ox heads are very well stamped with the name along the side of the **** so I don't think yours is that brand. In the photos your hatchet has the look of high end steel though, smooth finish and free of pock marks or imperfections. Weight markings in metric indicate German or other foreign manufacturing.

Thank you very much for response and info.
One thing you mentioned which I thought right away is the unusual almost extra dense weight of the axe head and also the crisp cling sound it makes tapping it against other hard surfaces.

I cleaned up the handle and lightly torched it, as for the head I just lightly cleaned it.
Found it under a mobile home I was working on