My first Black Raven axe

[Whiskey_Jim]

 

[phantomknives]

at first i thought "RIGHT ON, GOOD FOR YOU" then i clicked the link

 

[jblyttle]

My word. I don't even know how you would do that kind of damage. It looks like it tore.

I bet someone would still give you $50 for it.

 

[junkenstien]

Little bit of tear.

 

[Brian Rust]

Looks like a track hoe ran it over.... heart breaking. Still a cool piece to have though!

 

[Beachlogger]

It's got such a beautiful crisp stamp, shame

 

[DOGPOUND77]

beautiful wallhanger-what the heck.....

 

[A17]

Know a good welder? I'll bet one could fix it up for, oh say, double what a nice one would cost. Seriously, though, I would find a welder and befriend him so he'd weld it up for free. It's too nice of a stamp and too fresh a bit to give up hope on in my (probably wrong) opinion.

 

[phantomknives]

i'd recommend getting it oxy-cetylene welded so there's minimal clean up and a lot less chance to mess up the mark. i could weld it but i won't for a few reasons, 1, anxiety and 2 i dont know if my oxy rig works

 

[Beachlogger]

The way to fix that, since the other side is bad, is to gain access to the inside and v it out almost to the crack and whack it back together with a hot tack method and weld it from the inside

 

[A17]

Can we get a pic of the eye, Whiskey_Jim?

 

[Square_peg]

I don't get it.

 

[Kevin Houtzager]

X

 

[flexo]

looks like handle froze into the eye several times... the bit is far too cracked to make it a user! danger!

 

[Beachlogger]

Not caused by freeze damage imo, there's cracks all over not in the eye. My guess is bad heat treat and driving steel wedges