Ice Ax

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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Not really an ice ax but the average temp in my shop has been around 30 degrees since I started this project. Its not totally finished but real close. The head was hand forged out of 1" square 1080. I up set the front to almost 2" before I started forging the bit. The customer was wanting 4" point to point on the bit. If I had a large enough opening in the forge I could have gotten 5" easily. Its got a 13 1/2" extra curly maple haft. I'll get more pictures after its completed.

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That's freaking awesome Ray!!! :thumbup: :cool: I like everything about it!

We're snowed in here... almost a foot, which is really rare for us. Maybe it's time for me to make an ice ax :D
 
NickWheeler said:
That's freaking awesome Ray!!! :thumbup: :cool: I like everything about it!

We're snowed in here... almost a foot, which is really rare for us. Maybe it's time for me to make an ice ax :D
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Nick, I've been thinking about making some snow shoes. When I left my shop about an hour and a half ago there was a snow drift that was at least 18" deep. I think we have close to a foot of snow also.
 
Sweet! The curve of the edge looks aggressive and I like hammer polls. The curly maple is beautiful too.
 
Luke Sheridan said:
That's incredible looking.

Did you drill out the hole ?
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Luke, If your referring to the eye, yes it was drilled. Actually I drilled two 5/8" holes after I forged the bit and then cleaned out the web with carbide burrs. I did a fair amount of upsetting and it works better if the bar of steel is solid when I do that. There was no drifting done to this eye. All basically stock removal for the eye.
 
damn! Sorry fellas. Thats one cool ass AX! Best in 2008 award goes to......:thumbup: RAY!!
 
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