Little bastard

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leon08

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This thing was supposed to be my Christmas gift, but the time was not on my side.
It`s not finish yet, but, after so many GB (:rolleyes:), let see a romanian style little hatchet.
It`s called ~barda~, and it`s used by the carpenters.
My version is for bushcraft, a good counterpart to GB Wildlife Hatchet, light, small, versatile and useful for any kind of activity in nature.

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I hope you like it! ;)
I will post more pictures when I`ll finish it.

Almost forgot, Happy New Year to you all!!!!!
 
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Beautiful bearded axe and I love the HB knife too.
Merry Christmas, nice gift.

Regards

Robin
 
Looks really nice.

What kind of steel and temper did you use?

I'm assuming it's either a spring temper or a differential to keep the beard from breaking off?
 
Looks like it has enough curve in the blade to be a decent skinner too. Nice!

DancesWithKnives
 
Thank you again!:)

The little axe is made from two diferent pieces electrical welded (the haft hole from an old axe and a piece of spring steel).
The treatment is not ready, I will make a differentiated one - the cutting edge (around 1/2 - 2/3 of an inch) will be hardened like spring steel (heated to 1598 * Fahrenheit) and the rest will be softer (cooled from around 1200* Fahrenheit) to prevent cracks and to protect the welding.
After that I will normalize the axe at 482* Fahrenheit for half hour (250* Celsius).
The haft is made of beech wood (often used in Eastern Europe and Romania for tools) and it`s 12 inch long.
Of course, a leather sheath will complete the project!:)
 
I thought it looked like it was welded together. I have thought about making me an adze by welding a piece of car spring cross ways for the cutting edge.
thanks for sharing.

Now we await the test out and review.

Pat
 
Great looking hatchet!

I would be proud to own that one!


I have only seen Romania from the Bulgarian side of the Danube when I lived in Bulgaria.
Good to see you on here.
 
Thank you, I`m glad to here about the fact that here are a lot of people from Estern Europe!
Happy new year!
 
Now is better!
I made the heat treatement, sharpen it and I treated the haft with linseed oil.
Next is the sheath!
Enjoy!:rolleyes:;)

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I need to find/make myself one of these. The design lends itself to carving wonderfully. Even the so called "carving" axes/hatchets don't do as good of a job as a "bearded" hatchet in my opinion.
 
Yes, it do, ”like a scalpel in a surgeon's hand”! ;)
I will draw a sketch how to make one easy and cheap;)!
 
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