Council Velvicut Hudson Bay Mustard Patina Pics!

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cattledog

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Ok so after I torched the handle I decided the shiny head was to new and sterile looking. I wanted to give it a quick patina.
I used regular mustard and some vinegar on a sponge for a couple hours. Here's the results.
From past experience this finish can be taken off with some steel wool no problem.
I'm also considering rasping the makers mark off the handle.

Before
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During: My goal was something like my bushcraft knife patina. Mustard on top,vinegar on a sponge bottom.

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After vinegar and mustard smear, you could see a definitive temper line 2"in when it first came off the sponge.
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Just mustard this side
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Overall finished Not keen on the makers mark but I 'll probably live with it. Just to much advertising for me.
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Overall I'm happy with the way it came out. It gives this one a little soul and character when sitting by the camp fire or scalping Zombies.
I will use it to cut citrus and some meats to give it more patina down the road but so far so good.

This is my favorite small axe now and I don't leave home without it.
Thanks for looking!
Comments and constructive criticism welcome.
 
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That came out pretty good. And that's pretty cool that you were able to see the temper line. Now you know what you have to work with in the event of a nasty chip or something. Of course I suppose Council would give you a knew one if that happened.
 
OutdoorEnvy said:
That came out pretty good. And that's pretty cool that you were able to see the temper line. Now you know what you have to work with in the event of a nasty chip or something. Of course I suppose Council would give you a knew one if that happened.
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Thanks OutdoorEnvy
It was cool seeing the temper because this axe is expensive and that was reassuring knowing you got what you paid for being tempered that far in.
I just accidentally hit a galvanized pail while splitting some kindling, pail has a small dent ax edge is smooth. Some resilient metal in there too.
take care
cattledog
 
Looks cool! I like the makers mark mainly because that is the one of the very very few companies who still make 100% of the axe in america by americans. I would probably put their sticker on my truck considering that!
 
L4NE4 said:
Looks cool! I like the makers mark mainly because that is the one of the very very few companies who still make 100% of the axe in america by americans. I would probably put their sticker on my truck considering that!
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Sticker on the truck Cool I'm In!
My beef is I would love to see Velvicut on the Steel not the Handle which imo is pretty much worthless and lame.
On the head would mean a lot more to me. Look around at some of the beautiful embossed or impressed or engraved marks out there.
The vintage manufacturers did a great job on their top of the line pieces to make them stand out. Borderline artwork.
OK rant over...
Did you get your axe yet?
Thanks for the reply.
cattledog
 
cattledog said:
Sticker on the truck Cool I'm In!
My beef is I would love to see Velvicut on the Steel not the Handle which imo is pretty much worthless and lame.
On the head would mean a lot more to me. Look around at some of the beautiful embossed or impressed or engraved marks out there.
The vintage manufacturers did a great job on their top of the line pieces to make them stand out. Borderline artwork.
OK rant over...
Did you get your axe yet?
Thanks for the reply.
cattledog
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Heartily agreed. On the other hand, the "Council" stamp that is on the velvicut's is not on any of their regular line if I'm not mistaken.
 
bearhunter said:
i have their 18" hudson bay and it dosent have 'council' like the velvicut, it just has a plan 'ct' stamped in it...
so i do think that stamping is unique to the velvicut line...
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Very cool. Now when I'm 70 ill know if I see an old rusty velvicut on the bay.
 
Nice patine ... and nice axe! Great work... Thank you for sharing!

Kind regards
 
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