Axe, Tomahawk & Hatchet Photo Thread

[cityofthesouth]

The Snow was from my father but the others are antique mall scores - rehung. Handle color represents time, yesterday, a couple weeks, seven months - a little richer and a little richer color.

snowneally_originalcondition by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

snowneally_3axes1 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

snowneally_stamp by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

snowneally_hang by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
Some filler wedges

 

[kamagong]

Forged from a rasp by Ryan Johnson.

 

[shappa]

I just got this in the mail from an awesome maker in Poland named Pawel.

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[Chris Montgomery]

Nice stuff Christian. Thanks for sharing.

Chris

 

[tanglediver]

My rehaft of this Vaughan 3.5 and a new/used broadaxe hatchet getting cleaned up.

 

[excalibur21]

I really like those Tram Mods, what do you do for sheaths?

 

[olybears57]

My first full restoration.. A Collins 4-1/4# rafting pattern.. I love how it turned out.

 

[SC T100]

Looks great!

 

[Koonass]

Man that spike looks nasty

 

[roc99]

This is my third restoration and I'm learning more about the process as I go along. It is a Demon by Kelly. Does anyone know anything about these "made by Kelly" axes? I haven't seen much written about them. I assume they are made by Kelly to be sold by a hardware store chain? This one is marked "Demon" and I've seen others marked "Jim Dandy". Any info would be much appreciated. The head was in decent shape when I bought it, short of all the rust, at a flea market in Sevierville, TN.

Here is the stamp



I used an old haft that I bought with a no-name head for $5 and had to do a lot of work to make it usable, so I cut it down to fit as a boys axe. Like I said, I'm learning from my mistakes and I learned MANY things from this restoration!

 

[theDH]

this guy must be a fan of axes, i think its a Helko.

 

[vanuatulonglaef]

does anyone have contact info for wolfcreek forge, I would really like to have one of their hammerpoll hawks

 

[DarthTaco123]

http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/200-Wolf-Creek-Forge

 

[Aias]

Splitting a little wood for the fire pit

 

[Liberatus1]

My rehaft of this Vaughan 3.5 and a new/used broadaxe hatchet getting cleaned up.

The rehaft of the Vaughn looks like you shimmed up the wood in the front of the eye. How does that work? I have a few handles I could use if this was something that works well. Looks clean.

 

[Wood Splitter]

I've really got to take a family picture... My collection has exploded since I started this thread. Here are a few of two Gransfors.

 

[DShiflet]

CRKT Woods Kangee, CRKT Woods Chogan, and Falci Italian Hand Axe

 

[tanglediver]

The rehaft of the Vaughn looks like you shimmed up the wood in the front of the eye. How does that work? I have a few handles I could use if this was something that works well. Looks clean.

It wouldn't be my first choice. I tried to order from the internet without seeing it in person. I still have not put it to use, and I am considering adding metal wedges also. Maybe a single large metal wedge or two smaller ones will add some rigidity. I don't have a problem with it, as long as it does not loosen when I use it. If so, I will have to try again. It is better to size up a handle in person for good fit up.

 

[Liberatus1]

I've had luck taking measurements on the end that goes in the haft but I've been thinking it might be good to size it up a bit and trim to be on the safe side. The problem is that their seems to be the expectation on the behalf of the handle makers that they'll be uniform and the head makers don't seem to have gotten the memo. Your axes look great though.

 

[Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.]

Finished this one up last week. Thought it turned out pretty cool