This is a tough one! The “made in Sweden” axes are hard to identify or date. More than one Swedish axe maker was making private label axes and stamping them with “made in Sweden” for export, there probably would have been a paper label with more branding / info. Hults Bruk used a green paint like that in the 1950s, but usually HB had the head-weights stamped on the opposite side of the “made in Sweden” stamp. The font on the numbers also looks a bit different than HBs. Without the HB logo stamps it’s hard to say definitively. Wish I had more info to share. Best guess given the stamp, if this is an HB, the axe is older than 1988. Hope this helps!
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JamesOctober 28, 2022 at 12:42 pm
This is a tough one! The “made in Sweden” axes are hard to identify or date. More than one Swedish axe maker was making private label axes and stamping them with “made in Sweden” for export, there probably would have been a paper label with more branding / info. Hults Bruk used a green paint like that in the 1950s, but usually HB had the head-weights stamped on the opposite side of the “made in Sweden” stamp. The font on the numbers also looks a bit different than HBs. Without the HB logo stamps it’s hard to say definitively. Wish I had more info to share. Best guess given the stamp, if this is an HB, the axe is older than 1988. Hope this helps!