Vintage Kelly Perfect Double Bit Axe Restoration!

This Kelly Perfect Vintage Double Bit Axe Restoration was fun! Learn how to restore Perfect Vintage Vintage Double Bit Axe or any other single bit, etc. axe. Vintage axes are great. Vintage axes have steel and craftsmanship that you just cannot find on the shelf today as you used to be able too. This is how I hung this Perfect Vintage Double Bit Axe Restoration. USA Made axe head!

About Kelly Perfect Axes:
W. C. Kelly had been issued a patent on September 29, 1885 for an "AX" pattern. The patent was issued as No.327,275. It was for an axe with bevels but the patent did not mention the word "Perfect" or even look like the actual design that was eventually named the PERFECT AXE. Some subsequent advertising printed in publications in the 1890s included the 1885 date on axes and apparently some axes also included the date. However, the vast majority of advertising and markings on actual Perfect Axes included two dates and possibly applied to patents by both William C. Kelly and James P. Kelly who were brothers involved in the Kelly Axe Mfg. Co.
The last patent applicable to the PERFECT AXE was a Trade-Mark Patent. It was No.18,084 issued on June 24, 1890. It was specifically for the brand name PERFECT AXE.
The markings on most of the examples and in most advertisements that related to the PERFECT AXE are actually inaccurate. The earliest markings include only the date May 7, 1889. The date is believed to have referred to Patent No.402,936 and/or Patent No. 402,937. It could also have applied to a patent issued the same day to James P. Kelly that was designated as Patent No.402,935.
The other marks have May 7, 1889 along with September 23, 1889. The second date is incorrect as it is not a Tuesday and by that time US patents were only issued on Tuesdays. That practice had been in effect since 1848.

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