Carved Wooden Hatchet.

brianlap · Apr 17, 2014

I decided to try and carve a hatchet out of some scrap wood I had lying around. It turned out pretty good.

http://imgur.com/a/O8mtD

moose11872 · Apr 17, 2014

That looks awesome!

TheDandyLion · Apr 17, 2014

So... How does it chop?

Alocksly · Apr 17, 2014

Two piece even! I love it, nice work.

WarnerB · Apr 17, 2014

Awesome. What kind of wood is that?

brianlap · Apr 17, 2014

WarnerB said:
Awesome. What kind of wood is that?

I think it's pine. I used a piece of an old 2x4 for the handle, and a 2x6 for the head.

brianlap · Apr 17, 2014

TheDandyLion said:
So... How does it chop?

Can seem to get it to hold an edge.

bobs1415 · Apr 18, 2014

Very cool.

Shmellor@gmail.com · Apr 18, 2014

I've been think about doing this for my niece and nephew. But what I had in mind was a lot rougher. Yours looks amazing.

300Six · Apr 18, 2014

You have a lot more spare time than I do. And your skill level is first class. Really nice job on that. Now, if you're actually gonna chop with it make sure there are watermelons on the receiving end.

WarnerB · Apr 18, 2014

What tools did you use to carve it?

1AbominAble1 · Apr 19, 2014

That looks great !
Did you trace a head or just pull that out of your gray matter ?
It's a very nice looking piece, I'd love to see one in steel.
The handle is very nice as well, I bet that you went through a fair amount or sandpaper making it look so nice.

Thanks for sharing.

Bruceter · Apr 19, 2014

Very nice, I like the pattern of the grain on the side of the head. Are you going to do any sort of finish on it or leave it natural?

Bruceter

Square_peg · Apr 19, 2014

Very cool!

It would be fun to forge a mild steel haft for a wooden axe head.

brianlap · Apr 19, 2014

WarnerB said:
What tools did you use to carve it?

Just a utility knife and a bunch of sandpaper. It was a test just to see if I could do it.

brianlap · Apr 19, 2014

Square_peg said:
Very cool!

It would be fun to forge a mild steel haft for a wooden axe head.

Bizarro Hatchet!

brianlap · Apr 19, 2014

Bruceter said:
Very nice, I like the pattern of the grain on the side of the head. Are you going to do any sort of finish on it or leave it natural?

Bruceter

I used a dark stain on both parts. It's drying at the moment. I kind of wish I had used a lighter color though. We'll see when it's finished.

brianlap · Apr 19, 2014

1AbominAble1 said:
That looks great !
Did you trace a head or just pull that out of your gray matter ?
It's a very nice looking piece, I'd love to see one in steel.
The handle is very nice as well, I bet that you went through a fair amount or sandpaper making it look so nice.

Thanks for sharing.

I pretty much just drew the shapes out of my head. Thanks for looking.