Our Very Best was a line of axes manufactured by the Hibbard, Spencer, & Bartlett CO. Formed in 1882 in downtown Chicago Illinois, it was a leading hardware store in the midwest. This Michigan pattern axe was restored this fall, and painted from colors found on the pages of a 1922 H.S.B. & Co. Catalogue. […]
Marked 3 lb. on the bottom of the poll, and embossed with the Brecks Victor Warranted mark on it check, this New England pattern axe is an uncommon make and has been rehung on a 36″ straight haft made of American Hickory. Information is limited on the origin of the brand of axe; my best […]
Gregory Alan Isakov, photographed at home and in my neighborhood, October 2013.