A couple of hatchets I've cleaned up.

[Liberatus1]

I picked up these two heads for a couple of bucks at a local junk shop. The smaller one has an emblem that I just can't seem to read, if someone has an opinion on what it might be I would love to hear it. The Plumb is a work in progress, I hung the head today. I cut it down a bit and I'm still doing some finishing touches on it. They both perform a lot better than the newer junk they sell at the home improvement stores it seems. I think I'm getting addicted to the axe stuff.

 

[Jonthepirate]

I really like the larger one. I don't see that pattern often.

 

[Liberatus1]

Thanks, I'm shaping it still but I got anxious and carved out and hung the haft to see what it would look like.

 

[Square_peg]

Why did you cut it down? Was the bit badly damaged? Looks like that was a Plumb Cedar pattern hatchet.

 

[Alocksly]

Quite a large poll on the smaller one. Hardened?

 

[Liberatus1]

Why did you cut it down? Was the bit badly damaged? Looks like that was a Plumb Cedar pattern hatchet.

The bottom had been ground down quite a bit and it looked odd. I took the opportunity to shape it as a result.

 

[Liberatus1]

I don't think it is hardened, it was mushroomed a bit when I got it. It does have some texture to it which is unusual. I find the thing kind of unusual all the way around. I was thinking of taking some off the back and making it more like a tomahawk but I didn't want to do that if it would mean something to someone.