Thread: Is this a Kelly axe

While cleaning out an old farm shed a lump of rusty steel with a splinter of hickory appeared out of the dirt and rubbish. It almost went into the rubbish pile. The voice in my head said take it home, when cleaned up it may be worth sticking a handle on it.

Yip it's a goodun I have one the same here that gets lots of use.

The rust wheel thing that looks a bit like Scotch Brite... That goes on angle grinder.whirly plastic thing will bring that right back to good again in no time.chuck some oil or fat on it straight afterwards.

there are some good old brands worth keeping a look out for Plumb - Black Diamond - Hy Test -yes Kelly -

Yeah, somewhere on it will be the Kelly in an oval and "made in XXXXX". Looks like a Boy's axe size head, it's not a full size axe and looks bigger than a hatchet? Nice though, looks like it's done some work and had a few sharpens but hasn't been abused with the poll split or mushroomed.

It looks the shape of a plumb.

definetly a kelly model is called a Dandenong Tassie they have worlds finest on right side of head ( as this one does ) and again worlds finest on left side with Kelly below that in an oval circle

Originally Posted by No.3

Yeah, somewhere on it will be the Kelly in an oval and "made in XXXXX". Looks like a Boy's axe size head, it's not a full size axe and looks bigger than a hatchet? Nice though, looks like it's done some work and had a few sharpens but hasn't been abused with the poll split or mushroomed.

I was thinking Boys axe too by the size. I've got one similar in the garage

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

definetly a kelly model is called a Dandenong Tassie they have worlds finest on right side of head ( as this one does ) and again worlds finest on left side with Kelly below that in an oval circle

Like this one?

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Yeah not 100% sure if it's a Kelly. It's a great axe but having two Kelly's here as well as one marked the same as OPs ...it might be a Kelly but not branded as such.weirdly my one same as yours has been filed/ ground really hard giving it quite steep cutting edge about 20 mm to the shoulder,it splits much better than I thought it would. Nothing quite like a good quality axe that is sharp to make splitting a good job to do.

found a photo on internet -the marking on right side same as the Kelly pictured on the net - they do seem to vary a bit the way they are stamped - shape was spot on

There are no markings on the right side. Only those in photo.Weighs 3.25lbs (old trout scales).

It doesn't mater what brand it is or who made it, its clearly the worlds finest

Its neat to see people putting a value on them - I collected old axe heads for a no of years - most have now gone to good homes - they are actually hard to get