Modified Collins Legitimus

[Screwy Squirrel]

Pictures of a Collins Legitimus that I modified...added a piece of 1 1/8 round stock 3 inches long to the poll of this axe making it a 4.5 pound head and a darn good splitter.

 

[A Visitor]

Looks like you did a good job blending it in to the original. If you haven't seen or heard of it yet- a similar axe was modified/ used by a guy named Tom Clark in the 70's. Here is a link to a video about him and the axe. It mentions that he was intended to try and get a patent on the design. I don't know how he made out, never saw any for sale.
[video=youtube;_BxCmG5sG6A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxCmG5sG6A[/video]

 

[Screwy Squirrel]

I did see that video, that was what made me do this to this axe and it has changed the way I split wood...it works great after a little time to get the hang of the new swing.

 

[A Visitor]

I think your axe is finished better that the axe Mr. Clark is using in the vid. Do you do that little hop into the chop?

 

[RossA]

Did you just weld the new steel onto the head and then grind/smooth down the joint?

 

[Screwy Squirrel]

RossA, I did do a little work to flatten out the pole on the axe before adding the new steel to it and then it was welded to fill the gap , then sanded down flush as best I could to make it look decent. This is the head I started with.

 

[Square_peg]

It was a nice head to begin with but I like what you've done.

 

[WarnerB]

Nice.