Today I received this 1960's Craftsman rebrand of the Vaughan sub zero super sportsman, and the handle I ordered directly from Vaughan arrived today too.
A lot of people want crazy money for these on Ebay because they think they're some kind of rare salesman sample or part of a child's tool set or something, but their not.
They've been rebranded by Tru-Test, Craftsman, LL Beab, palco, Bark river knives, and Best×Made co among many others.
Vaughan still makes them and I've bought 3 of the current production examples over the past 10 years.
Their a legitimate little hatchet that's surprisingly capable, and they still have the convex cheeks like proper American made axes used to have.
The handles need a lot of work to be appropriately sized for these little 8oz heads, but there's a good handle hiding in them.
I'll br finishing this one up tomorrow.
Here's the last 2 current V&B minis I did a few years back.
The front one in this picture I use all the time ( green painted head seen above ) and the other I gave my buddy.
