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That is a cool looking broad axe! It's going to take a lot of work to get those pits out though... The normal difficulty of getting through the oxidation layer is compounded due to the depth of the pits. My first broad axe looked similar to that and took me hours and hours to get the pits out near the cutting edge.I came across this little broad axe on my way home today. Might be a worthwhile project. I picked up maybe 25-30 swamping patterns but put them all down. This pitted broad axe sort of spoke to me. Wasn't priced as a prize so it jumped in the truck with me.
Little.hew
Little.hew
I'm sure it'll be worth it though. That would look really neat with the a highly polished edge with all the pits everywhere else! Cool find man!
Here's mine after all that work...(you can see one knick where I didn't have the will to keep going, I've since fixed it)
Really looking forward to seeing yours with a nice working edge on it!
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