Fireman's Axe
date: label: Date made
content: c.2000
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Tape Company
label: maker
content: Spencer
label: maker
content: Spencer Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Truckman’s TMF1 Fire Axe with Scabbard and Belt. This axe was created by the Spencer Products Company, which became part of the US Tape Company in 1999.
label: Description
content: It has a highly polished, silver steel head with a cutting blade and two hooks opposite the blade. There is also a yellow molded handle with 'Truckman' engraved across it, with a fibreglass core. It is wrapped in a high strength polypropylene outer shell.
label: Description
content: There is also a canvas scabbard and a belt which accompany the axe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Tape Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0124.06
label: patent number
content: 5,056,381
label: patent number
content: 5,031,272
label: accession number
content: 2001.0124
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0124.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass, Polypropylene (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 cm x 11 cm x 3 cm; 19 11/16 in x 4 5/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 7/8 in x 8 5/8 in x 1 in; 50.4825 cm x 21.9075 cm x 2.54 cm