Axe restoration thread

[rupedoggy]

This is a yard sale find. B3 is the only id. Does anybody have any info on this?

 

[Plowmaster]

Made this for the neighbor over the weekend... First time using gun bluing on axe/pick head...I really like the finish. Let's see how long it lasts

 

[rarefish383]

Made this for the neighbor over the weekend... First time using gun bluing on axe/pick head...I really like the finish. Let's see how long it lasts

I think it should hold up well. I Browned the head on my throwing axe and it's held up several years.

 

[Plowmaster]

Got this boys axe done for a friend... He does bushcraft outings with his kids.this is an excellent axe... had to move it down about 3/4 of an inch and fill front of eye. It was pretty beat but handle was awsome. Fixed a couple bad spots on handle...

 

[Plowmaster]

Hope these load

 

[Plowmaster]

It has 3 sets of "teeth" on the inside of eye. Anyone ever run across this before?? I have had several with 2 sets... thinking this was very old axe.

 

[rupedoggy]

Found at a neighbors.
Nice vintage axe head. This was made in W. Germany by C.H. and the C.H. is Carl Helsper, Wuppertal-Küllenhahn which became HelkoThe helko enterprise was started by a member of the Helsper family in 1844 in Cronenberg, now a district of Wuppertal. For many years, it was referred to as the Helsper Werkzeugfabrik, or Helsper Tool Factory. The Helsper Werkzeugfabrik quickly earned a reputation throughout Europe as a manufacturer of high quality woodworking tools, and by the early 20th Century had already begun exporting axes to Africa, Asia, and the Americas."...In the early thirties, a partner named Kotthaus joined the enterprise, and the company became known as helko (helsper / kotthaus). When helko took over the Carl Helsper Werkzeugfabrik in the early sixties, the complete company name in the German Register of Commerce became Carl & Aug. Helsper GmbH & Co., KG, helko–werk. Since then, the company has continued to improve the quality of its products, and helko axes and hatchets are now recognized worldwide as some of the finest woodworking tools available.

 

[Marine5068]

Well, it's not an Axe, but it is a Collins. A Collins Legitimus #871. I went by my local auction and it was on the first table. Only problem was the auctioneer put it with another knife, as one lot. I was afraid some young guy would out bid me for the big dagger and just throw the old Collins away. I got lucky and won the bid for both, for $26. I visit Allaboutpocketknives every month. They have a member give away. I'm donating the Jim Frost Dagger to one of the up coming give aways. Here's the Collins.

I've got my Grandfather's "Martindale" machete made in England and it looks very similar in shape to that one. Brought it back from Grenada, West Indies.
It's hanging downstairs somewhere. I'll have to look for it for a pic and post.
Stamp has an Alligator on it was used primarily for cutting sugar cane in the Caribbean. Also used for clearing brush. Plants grow fast in the tropics.

 

[rarefish383]

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This is a yard sale find. B3 is the only id. Does anybody have any info o

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This is a yard sale find. B3 is the only id. Does anybody have any info on this?

I thought I had one that looked close to that one. i just found it out in my wood shed. It's a Stanley. After getting it, it looks a bit longer than yours?

 

[rarefish383]

I'm guessing that the M is for Mann. Mann bought out Collins in 1966 and it is thought that Collins was making the Stanley axes.

 

[rupedoggy]

Hard to read but says Kelly true temper and flint edge. Garage sale find with broken handle and chip out of edge but cheap and I like double bits!

 

[rarefish383]

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Hard to read but says Kelly true temper and flint edge. Garage sale find with broken handle and chip out of edge but cheap and I like double bits!

I could live with that little chip. I pass most axes that have been ground, that one is PURDY.

 

[rupedoggy]

Well got another axe today and am not sure I ever heard of the brand. It says all trade and 3 1\2 pounds and Japan. The pictures aren't the best but wanted to share. Any info appreciated.

 

[rupedoggy]

Another good day and three axes. Take a look. A little brushing and a couple wedges and they are tight.

 

[tfp]

Just started this project. A while back I found an axe head in a hollow stump I thought we'd lost. Re-sawed a slab of Queensland Maple (Flindersia spp.) I had in the wood room. Drew a pattern on based on a Gransfors Scandinavian Forest Axe. Roughed it out on the bandsaw, then cleaned it up on the spindle sander. Now the hard work begins - getting the sucker to fit and be square to the handle. Fingers crossed.

 

[tfp]

I've almost finished re-handling a Brades slating hammer that has new life as a hatchet for my nephew. The eye was very rusty and pitted made for some problems. The handle is ironbark.

 

[rupedoggy]

GOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[svk]

Here’s an old axe head that my daughter found in the dirt at my cabin. There was a logging camp on this site in 1912 and the blacksmith shop burned down (with the blacksmith inside, but that’s another story).

I stripped the rust with a vinegar bath and then seasoned it like I season my cast iron skillets. I will put this on the wall of the cabin but I’m trying to decide if I should sharpen the edges first or not.

 

[rupedoggy]

Looks good just the way it is. Cracked so don't think it will be a user but will make a great wall decoration

 

[svk]

Looks good just the way it is. Cracked so don't think it will be a user but will make a great wall decoration

Yes sir!