Nice work! What kind of wood for the handle?
Axe restoration thread
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Woodyjiw
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Well, I finally got around to rehandling this Plumb after the handle broke when I was pounding wedges felling some trees for a friend.How's this for an early birthday gift from my fiance? 3$ at an estate sale. Best $3 she has ever spent!!!
I'm thinking it might be a splitting axe but I'm not sure. It's heavy, thinking around 6#, I was comparing it to my 8# beater (sledgehammer).
Any info is appreciated
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The head weighed 5# on the money. I went with a straight handle cuz I'd like to use it for banging wedges, as it sits now the handle is a lil under 32"s long. I'm thinking I might take it down to 28" or possibly 26", but haven't decided for sure. I cleaned up the head a lil bit with some 150 grit sandpaper and hit the edge with a file. I'm pretty happy so far.
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Real nice.
Woodyjiw
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Thank you sir
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came across this little cutie tomahawk head,,i put in my hand as to give some scale.. It had no marks or identifying features just posting as other may know
Looks more like a Hudson Bay hatchet IMO?
Montreal Pattern is my 2 cents .
Saturday, at a local auction, there is a Hatchet Collection going off. I may stop by Friday afternoon and take a look.
The hatchet collection was all framing hatchets with hammers, not what I collect. My cousin was at another sale and he said there was a double bit hatchet. Said it was really cool and the bits were shaped like a bow tie. Said he has never seen anything like it before. I told him to go $10 on it. It sold for $15. He absolutely refuses to take a pic and send it. After it sold he called and went on about how cool it was. Drives me nuts, how can I make an intelligent decision, if I can't see it. He finds and gets me lots of cool stuff, so I can't complain.
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I hit the flea market this morning and got some pretty good finds. I saw 2 axes on a guys tailgate he told me three bucks each. He said he had a couple more on the table out front. 2 are made by kelly and one by plumb. Not sure about the red head. He even threw in the pick axe. Five for twelve bucks. Also throwing in a pic of my 288 we rebuilt and started for the first time yesterday. Seems to run good. If anyone has any knowledge on the axes they would be willing to share I’d appreciate it.
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Mushroom King!
Might have earned it's retirement . . .
Philbert
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I honestly thought about throwing it in the lake.
Some restaurant or museum might want it. Might be worth a few bucks at an antique store.
Philbert
Philbert
It’s not that old. Has a fiberglass handle.
Do you bust out that much concrete? Next time you come by, bring a trailer, I'll send you home with a Chestnut Oak log you can split with a hatchet.
I have no idea as to where this poor tool saw such abuse. I found it sitting on the steps of the the tool shed at the children's camp and immediately declared it unfit for use.
I am actually amazed that it took so much punishment and didn't shear anything off..... Probably cheap, unhardened steel so it just continued to mushroom rather than shear.
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