Accidental wood finish, axe handle

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Thomas_J

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I stumbled onto this finish by accident while finishing an axe handle. Its kinda antique looking. The wood is just a plain white hickory handle I picked up at the local hardware store. I thought everyone here might appreciate a look after seeing Brian's nice S&N.

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stingray4540 said:
Soooo... What is the finish?! It looks awesome.
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Sorry for the tease. Its a wax finish. I was rubbing it on then using a bic to melt it in and open up the wood. I accidentally let the wax get sooty and, well, it turned into that black inky wax that filled in the pores. After burnishing the handle this was the final result. I guess you could just use shoe wax or dark wood filler too.
 
You can get the same effect by staining a piece dark, sanding the top layer off (the deeper grain will hold the color) then re staining with a lighter color.

I've done it to a few hammer handles when we were bored at work. Turns out great.
 
Here is my Wetterlings with lightly torched, then linseed oil finished handle.

John

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That is cool. I like the look. How do you like the feel of it? The reason I ask is the "slick varnished" finish is one of my pet peeves. Which is one of the reasons I sanded mine off.


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briangandrews said:
That is cool. I like the look. How do you like the feel of it? The reason I ask is the "slick varnished" finish is one of my pet peeves. Which is one of the reasons I sanded mine off.


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It feels like smooth wood, not varnish (plasticy?) if that's what you mean.
 
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