Old axe manufacturers

[Brewers Whoop]

There are a few threads on here that mention Elwell and Brades as manufacturers of good axes from back-in-the-day.

What other old manufacturers are there whose name or logo should signify a good quality tool (present condition notwithstanding).

You know: the sort of thing that has you reaching for your pocket with an air of exaggerated nonchalance when the car boot seller says £1

 

[launditch1]

Brades..Marples(shamrock brand)..Whitehouse 'hedgehog brand',..Mathieson..

To name but a few.

 

[Silverhill]

Gilpin and Eagle Edge Tool Co are also superior from the edge-smiths collective of the Black Country.