Rare Antique Warnock Galt Broad Bench Hatchet - Ontario Canada For Sale

Rare Antique Warnock Galt Broad Bench Hatchet - All Original. Made in Ontario ,Canada. Very Good Condition. Dimensions: approx. 15 1/2 inches long overall, 5 1/4 inch/50 bit, 1 3/4 inch poll.
James Warnock was born in Nelson, Scotland, a suburb of Glasgow, in 1825. In 1833 he immigrated to Canada along with his parents and at least one sibling, his younger brother, Adam. Two years after originally settling in Beverly, the family moved to Galt, (now Cambridge) Ontario, where James and Adam received some formal education. In 1850, Adam went into partnership in a grocery business with a man named Fraser. That partnership lasted until at least 1857 and possibly longer. The significance of the year 1857 is that it marked the beginning of a partnership between James and Adam in what was originally called Warnock & Company. Details are vague, but it may be that Warnock & Company was actually established to operate as owners for the Galt Edge Tool Co. In 1860 James bought a hardware store where he sold the products of various manufacturers. The duration of James\'s involvement in the hardware store business is unknown but in 1870 he formally took over the Galt Axe Factory, renaming the company the Galt Edge Tool and Carriage Spring Works. The name of the company was legally James Warnock & Company. The disparity in names seems to have caused some confusion but it did permit the company to function as a more complex or diversified enterprise. Many of the axes marketed at that time were marked J. Warnock & Co. By 1902, James Warnock & Co. were offering a line of tools for lumbermen. In 1909 the Galt Axe Factory was sold to Allan Hills, who later died in 1916. After his death, the company was closed.
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