Axe restoration thread

[rarefish383]

I might jus go sit in front of his garage with an empty Growler.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

heard a loud crash other day... big limb had come down... across the street. neighbor had worker in and he cut it up, trunk, too and curbed it. i went over to ck it out. 100' from my curb! lots of ez-pickens oak. couple of the larger pcs of the main limb had couple of branches needing to come off. rather than fire up my lil echo... took along when i went to get it later in day... one of my camp axes.

removed with ease.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

bought it new around around 1980 or so over at Sears. over 40 yrs old. had gotten a bit weather beaten. so few years back i sanded the handle and refinished in with some varathane. did most of my axes back then. camp and swing. handles, loose heads, etc. has a nice edge. i mostly use it to make kindling. 8" pcs of cut old cedar fence slats...

 

[muad]

Must be a regional thing. In MD every other single seems to be a Jersey. When live auctions start back up I'll grab one for you. Now I only keep them if they have nice graphics on them, or are a Plumb or Collins. Only thing is, if it has a nice handle on it, it will cost a little more to ship. I'm not like those ebay sellers that cut every handle off.

Just now seeing this! Thanks brother!

 

[muad]

So, haven't updated in a while. Haven't touch my axe projects in a bit. Too busy working.

I did, however, stop into a lumber shop that specializes in various exotic woods, and offers blanks for woodworkers. Well, they had 36" Quarter sawn Ash baseball bat blanks. I bought three to make some handles.

Just need to find some good templates for the handles.

 

[DSW]

Sharpen up those tools if you end up carving any of it.

 

[muad]

Sharpen up those tools if you end up carving any of it.

Bandsaw FTW

 

[DSW]

I like a good challenge from time to time.

 

[DSW]

Get off my lawn.

 

[Esq1997]

Just hung my second axe. House Handle 32” octagon. 3.4 lb. Plumb.

 

[Esq1997]

 

[LondonNeil]

that octagon handle looks great! although it looks like it was close to a knot half way along. Hopefully its far enough down from the head it wont be a problem

 

[Esq1997]

Trying to decide whether to use a metal wedge?

 

[DSW]

That is a beauty.

Put me down for the No Metal Wedge category.

Trying to decide whether to use a metal wedge?

 

[Esq1997]

I’m looking for a single bit forest service axe to clean up and hang if anyone has one they would consider selling. No luck on the auction site :-(

 

[Esq1997]

 

[Esq1997]

Newest project. Wedge almost all the way into kerf. Little gaps in either side at top, but think the axehead is on there and pretty secure. The handle is a little proud over the axehead and mushroomed.

 

[Esq1997]

 

[Esq1997]

 

[Esq1997]

Trimmed a spare wedge and filled the gaps.