1890's - 1900's Seattle Hardware - Occident Double Bit Pugent Sound

FORGED BY: Mann Edge Tool Company
DATE FORGED: 1890's
HEAD WEIGHT: 3.5 LBS
HANDLE LENGTH: 44"
AXE TYPE: Double Bit Pugent Sound
RATING: Rustically restored

HISTORY
The Seattle Hardware Company was founded by brothers Charles H. Black, Frank D. Black and Clarence A. Black in 1883 at 819-823 First Ave, Seattle Washington (Pioneer Square).  Seattle Hardware originally started as a retail hardware store as well as a jobber.
 
The original Seattle Hardware buidling was a total loss in the Great Fire of June 6, 1889 where over 125 acres and 30 city blocks were gone within 12 hours.  The heart of the town and business district up in ashes.  Not to be deterred by the losses of the fire, Seattle Hardware then leased a barn from the Seattle Street Railway Company on the corner of Pike Street and Second Avenue.  They stayed in this location for one year.   
 
In 1890, the Seattle Hardware Company returned to the Pioneer Square neighbourhood and occupied the Colman building on First Avenue and Marion Street.
 
In 1900 they did away with the retail business and devoted their efforts toward their rapidly increasing jobbing trade.  They stayed at First Avenue and Marion Street until 1905, when they moved to their own (now famous Seattle landmark) seven-story building on the corner of First Avenue South and King Street.
 
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About This Axe
This rare Seattle Hardware Occident Sabre Temper Pugent Sound axe has been rustically restored with a beautiful patina, real 18K gold lettering fill and a 44" haft that would have originally come on these Pugent Sound axes.
 
This expertly restored, heirloom quality axe instantly turns heads and becomes the go-to conversation piece in your den, office or home. Included with the purchase of the axe is a frame quality writeup about it's history.