hatchet rehab

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I'm new here and I thought I would post some pictures of a long handle hatchet I worked on yesterday. I put in a minimum $9.99 bid on ebay and ended up getting it. It is an old embossed axe so I figured quality steel but I really bid on it for the cool old half octogon/ half round handle. I was hoping I could save it.
Here is how it looked after just getting the loose rust off.
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The handle is 16 inches with a 1 lb. 2oz. head. I got all the metal out with needle nose pliers. Then I sawed out slots where the nails were and glued side wedges in, then trimmed and sanded before adding the main wedge. Next I sanded out the gouges and rough spots and tried to maintain the bevels. I added filler in the deep holes and sanded. I just started using the sharpening stone on the edge and a coat of boiled linseed oil. I'm hoping to get the color of the bottom and top of the handle to match as I add more coats. We'll see. Still working on it.
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Thanks, Jerry
 
That looks real good, nice coloring, sharpening, and haft job, especially with what you had to work with. Well done!
 
What Operator said. Really nice job!

I like to see people cleaning them up without zapping the history right out of them!
 
That's a nice handle. I'm glad you were able to save it. Great little hatchet all around.
 
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