Hey all,
I am a young teenager but i have been trying to get into more restoring and metal work. I just finished my first knife from an old scythe blade and deer antler. IM still working on getting the stuff together to build my forge but right now i have been working on a project that i need some answers to. i got a very very old axe that i found in a corner of a barn nobody had been in for a really long time. I got it for free and immediately started to work on it. The original owner for some reason decided to use just flat metal chunks instead of actual wedges so they rusted into the insides of the eye. i had to use a jigsaw, a hacksaw, and an awl to get it out. took forever. then i gave it a vinegar bath for a while and now its all cleaned up. Now im wondering how to sharpen it. Should both sides be the same or should one side be blunt and the other very sharp for more refined work? Is there a special way to hang it? I cleaned it up as much as i could and i found out that it is an old Plumb 3 lb and 8 oz i think.
Thank you
I am a young teenager but i have been trying to get into more restoring and metal work. I just finished my first knife from an old scythe blade and deer antler. IM still working on getting the stuff together to build my forge but right now i have been working on a project that i need some answers to. i got a very very old axe that i found in a corner of a barn nobody had been in for a really long time. I got it for free and immediately started to work on it. The original owner for some reason decided to use just flat metal chunks instead of actual wedges so they rusted into the insides of the eye. i had to use a jigsaw, a hacksaw, and an awl to get it out. took forever. then i gave it a vinegar bath for a while and now its all cleaned up. Now im wondering how to sharpen it. Should both sides be the same or should one side be blunt and the other very sharp for more refined work? Is there a special way to hang it? I cleaned it up as much as i could and i found out that it is an old Plumb 3 lb and 8 oz i think.
Thank you