My first attempt at refinishing and hanging an axe

[rcoulas]

this is an old Oxhead felling axe that was covered in rust and needed to be re handled. I sanded and polished the head then cold blued it, the handle was found at a local farmers market and was sanded and oiled with boiled linseed oil. I then sharpened it, it doesn't look like it from the pictures but you could shave with it. this might be the start of a new addiction!

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[banana-clip]

Looks awesome.

Could you give me some details on how you cold blued it?

 

[jpeeler]

I really like the style of that axe head. Excellent job on the hang!

John

 

[rcoulas]

The cold bluing was very simple. The rust removal and polishing was a lengthy process as I did it by hand. I used a bottle of hardware store bought gun cold bluing and did 2 applications. First clean the head and rinse with hot water. Apply cold bluing evenly and leave on for 10 min. Rinse with hot water and dry. Buff with steel wool, rinse with hot water and blue again once more. If you get streaking just buff and reblue until happy.