i recently found out that i am an axe/hatchet enthusiast...

[thriller100]

hello all. i have always been into edged tools (knives mostly), but recently ive found myself gloriusly basking in the joy of axe restoration. i have aquired some ok-ish stuff from thrift stores and pawn shops....im still pretty new to this restoration craft. any recomendations would be greatly appreciated.

in my rapidly growing collection i have:

a collins 3lb. hudsons bay style head i rehafted onto a 24" haft i cut and whittled and painted from some kind of pick haft that i had.

a montgomery wards hewing axe on a random handle.

a marshall wells box hatchet also on a random handle.

a vaughan supersteel carpenters hatchet (no handle)

a collins double bit homestaed axe (needs some work and a haft)

and last but not least at all , my sager double bit chemical axe 1944 that i am currently working on.

any recomendations on restoring this sager would be nice. its in pretty good condition but definately needs some attention.

 

[foxx]

Pics?

Watch "An axe to grind", they are on You Tube..like this one...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmTLDG5aSg&feature=relmfu

I wish I had gotten a better handle for my double bit, maybe from Tennessee Hickory http://tennesseehickoryproducts.com/

There's lots of other examples of how guys have cleaned up their old axe heads prior to the re-hang. Wire wheels, vinegar, etc..

 

[thriller100]

yeah im gonna try to take some pics tomorrow. ive been watching alot of videos and reading, i honestly dont know how i went so long with only one axe(a pos at that). thanks foxx , i look forward to sharing my sager 1944 restoration with everyone.

 

[cooperhill]

I would add the Ax to Grind manual as key reading material.

http://www.pcta.org/pdf/an_ax_to_grind.pdf

Also the Forest Service's Handtools for trailwork.

Sharpening. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/...sforsharpening

Rehandling: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/...sforrehandling


As well as Woodtrekkers blog. I especially like this article on reprofiling an axe.

http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2011/08/grindingre-profiling-axecontinued.html?m=1

 

[thriller100]

so im having some problems getting pics off my phone and onto my computer.....but i am still taking pics of the sager chem. 1944 resto. FINALLY i got the rest of the haft out of the eye,quite the task i must say.whoever hung it only got it about 3/4 into the eye so getting the key out was impossible.i cut off the broke end flat cut some cross ways lines in it and split it with a wedge punch,eventually pulling it out 1 sliver at a time...took me almost an hour. BUT ITS OUT NOW!!!!!!!time to soak