first post, and a qurstion.

Take a small knife (maybe even a butter knife) and slowly start to wiggle it out if it's broken up. Always works for me.
 
What would be a good way to pull the handle without destroying it? I tried using a dowel and my mallet but it won't budge,the handle is abouT a quarter inch below the lip of the eye, and it will not budge either direction, in or out.
 
What I'd recommend would be to either drill the wedge to a point where you can grab it with needle nose pliers, or try and pry the edge out with a small knife.
 
The wedge is kinda the consistency of wet cardboard . Completely rotted, if I grab with pliers it just falls apart
going to try a small drill bit and kinda clearing it out maybe.
 
That should work, take a rubber mallet on the underside of the head and bump it up and it should come off.
 
Letting it rest for tonight, whoever hung that axe did one hell of a job.I thought I drilled all the wedge out, smacked it with an improvised club 10 times on each side and it didn't budge.
 
evildeadedd said:
Letting it rest for tonight, whoever hung that axe did one hell of a job.I thought I drilled all the wedge out, smacked it with an improvised club 10 times on each side and it didn't budge.
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Cut it off. Leave as much as you can that is about the same size as the eye. turn it over and drive that haft out from the bottom. To finish driving it through I will use the hex end of an old bolt, made in china ratchet extension ect. I just set the head on top of my vice with the jaws spread enough to clear the handle driving out. Don't hit the axe head with a hammer while you do this or you will mushroom the steel around the eye making things more complicated when you go to replace the haft.
 
evildeadedd said:
Evening folks, I have lurked on these forums quite a bit over the past several months, and decided tonight to sign up. I am interested in getting started in bushcraft/survival. I live on an 1100 acre hunting association, so it seems silly not to enjoy all the nature that surrounds me. Anyhow to my question. I was over to my parents today and I rescued my grandfather's double bit axe from a stump my dad has left it stuck in for God knows how long. it is badly rusted and the handle almost falls apart if you touch it. My question Is, how do I tell if the axe is too far gone to restore to usefulness? I plan to at least lightly clean it , sand/oil the handle, and hang it in my shop, but I thing pap would rather I use it as a tool than a display if possible. So I defer to your collective knowledge, any advice you offer would be much obliged.
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Welcome! Sure would like to see pics of some of all that nature that surrounds you when you get the chance.:)
 
Please don't use that axe with that handle. It is not safe.
I'm surprised that a few have given you some strange advice. WD40? I realize it's a sentimental piece and I have axes and hatchets from my father and grandfather. Wood will always wear out, rot etc. The head should last you many years and let you pass it down to you kids and grandkids.

Please go to the axe forum and look at some of the old threads. By a nice Grade A handle from House Handle Co. Watch some videos on youtube once you know which ones to watch.

THEN, take the time and care to hang that head properly on a nice grade A piece of American Hickory. Take your time, follow the steps, and put some soul into it. Pap's is already there. You'll feel it when you start to put it all together and get that first coat of BLO on it when it's hung.

Can you think of a better way to honor Paps other than bringing that "tool" back to life the right way and using it? I can't.
 
It is beautiful. No close year round neighbors. The house is small and needs a lot of work, but I love the scenery.
 
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