- Joined
- Sep 24, 2014
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It's been a good long time since I've come around, and I've been handling some stuff I know you guys will like.
My shop peaked at around 100 axes in early December, but I've been finishing and selling a bunch since then.
This big no-name 4lb splitting axe was one of the Christmas gifts that came out of my shop, complete with a hand-laid classic paint-job one of my logos.
I've been lucky enough to own and work on a few For Sportsmen hatchets, including these two.
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This handle I made from scratch out of hickory.
One of the rarest axes I've ever owned was this Bostwick-Braun Hdw. Co. "Champion." It was a mess when I got it, and I tried my best to make it presentable- complete with made-from-scratch hickory handle. It's living in Australia now.
I scored this MWHCo. double bit for a song, but the one bit was ground back past the laminated carbon steel. (it's the dirt-brown one in the first picture) I took the death wheel to it, and it came out as a fire-axearoon.
I loved this little McGregor-Noe Western Clipper hatchet, and it got one of my scratch-made hickory handles. The little bugger weighed less than a pound without the handle. It went to a different Australian collector.
Plumb Champions are one of my favorite embossings, so when I ran across this one I couldn't help but save it. I turned it into a work axe and moved it along, and its new owner makes it earn its keep regularly.
Now the big boy: I still have to pinch myself when I remember that I own this.
And it's cleaning up pretty well for as rough as it looked.
It's hard to find the time to upload pictures onto here, but I'll try to update with more cool stuff as I get to it. Thanks for looking!
My shop peaked at around 100 axes in early December, but I've been finishing and selling a bunch since then.
This big no-name 4lb splitting axe was one of the Christmas gifts that came out of my shop, complete with a hand-laid classic paint-job one of my logos.
I've been lucky enough to own and work on a few For Sportsmen hatchets, including these two.
This handle I made from scratch out of hickory.
One of the rarest axes I've ever owned was this Bostwick-Braun Hdw. Co. "Champion." It was a mess when I got it, and I tried my best to make it presentable- complete with made-from-scratch hickory handle. It's living in Australia now.
I scored this MWHCo. double bit for a song, but the one bit was ground back past the laminated carbon steel. (it's the dirt-brown one in the first picture) I took the death wheel to it, and it came out as a fire-axearoon.
I loved this little McGregor-Noe Western Clipper hatchet, and it got one of my scratch-made hickory handles. The little bugger weighed less than a pound without the handle. It went to a different Australian collector.
Plumb Champions are one of my favorite embossings, so when I ran across this one I couldn't help but save it. I turned it into a work axe and moved it along, and its new owner makes it earn its keep regularly.
Now the big boy: I still have to pinch myself when I remember that I own this.
And it's cleaning up pretty well for as rough as it looked.
It's hard to find the time to upload pictures onto here, but I'll try to update with more cool stuff as I get to it. Thanks for looking!
