Cross Shimmed Helve

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mattyak

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Thanks for the idea Humppa.
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It's old north-european tradition.
For example- famous russian blacksmith Mikhail Artemyev assemble axes only so method.
His works on the photo:
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Nice job, Matt! That looks super clean, great work! You beat me to the punch!

Turbo, that picture is amazing. I tried googling that blacksmith with no success. Do you know of any websites to see more of his work??
 
M3mphis said:
Turbo, that picture is amazing. I tried googling that blacksmith with no success. Do you know of any websites to see more of his work??
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Of cource, man!
http://artaxe.ru/
Unfortunately only in russian...
M. Artemyev are famous russian blacksmith, live in Petrozavodsk, Karelia (near Finland), and great axe collector.
 
Turbo4x4 said:
Of cource, man!
http://artaxe.ru/
Unfortunately only in russian...
M. Artemyev are famous russian blacksmith, live in Petrozavodsk, Karelia (near Finland), and great axe collector.
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Wow, thanks! My browser (google chrome) translates the site. But it is still difficult to understand some of it. Pretty awesome looking axes and knives!!
 
Turbo, way to make a guy feel inadequate. Ha. Those axes are beautiful. Thats interesting to know about the crossed shimmed helve being Northern European. I guess that doesn't surprise me as the quality and importance of woodworking in that part of the world is such a big part of their history. I know when I traveled over there I was constantly impressed by the way wood and stone was fit together and has lasted over the centuries.

M3mphis, Thanks for the vote of approval! I am pleased with the end result and plan to do a few more like that.
 
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