ok well i cleaned up the axe head with a 6 in'' wire wheel in a dewalt drill, still took off all of the surface rust and gave it a low shine that comes when you knock the rust off of something, its not like a silver shine like you would normally think of when you thing of polished steel but its more or less like a black lustery shine. still havent found a makers mark but i have rehandled it. it turns out i picked the wrong handle for the job though, i picked a 36 in handle because im a pretty tall kid and dont want that axe in my leg but i should have gotten a 28 inch because its a boys axe head. ive refined the edge to where it kinda cuts paper, if you run the length of the edge down a piece of paper it'll cut in about an inch and a half, so not enough to shave you, but still sharp. pretty good considering theres still some nicks in the edge that i need to sand off.
