Need an axe handle for this Brades 7lb AXE :D

That's quite the critter! You'll develop Popeye forearms swinging that thing at standing trees. Check the House Handle website for something long and sturdy and/or maybe contact them with the head weight and eye dimensions. Most likely you are going to have to invest in a rasp and a file in order to adapt an American handle.
 
Here's what the British replacement handles for it would look like:

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photo from timelesstools.co.uk
 
That head shape (as a felling axe (and even as a potential splitter)) is bizarre by n. American standards and so is a weight of 7 pounds. Why is it, so far, that all I can imagine something like this being used for is in a Monty Python skit? Scale models of popular tools/appliances/vehicles/airplanes have been commonplace for years but 'up-size' of something is not.
If your investment in this project is low and the curiousity factor is high then by all means have a go at trying to haft this thing, and then get out there and beat on a few trees and firewood rounds with it.

Years back an old guy (serious gun collector) showed me an 1887-made 25 pound "top drawer" (William Powell & Sons) British single barrel centre-fire cartridge 4 gauge (1 inch bore 4 inch chamber) shotgun. My eyes lit up when he showed me the factory reloading equipment and Eley Bros-production brass cases that came with it. It might have languished under a bed, in a cabinet or behind glass forever except that he actually agreed to lend it to me. It worked just great but strangely enough I could not find shooting club keeners that were willing to fire it for a second time. The 'whoop' of this thing (at the front and at the back) was substantial even though it ran on traditional black powder!

Your new axe head may fall under that category!
 
I have a feeling the handles we get over here in the UK are made in the USA

I have the little Brother to your new Axe ;)
This one only weighs 5lbs

 
I've got an old 1840's 5 LBer maine pattern I need to rehang after I finish getting the mushrooming out of the eye. Truth be told I'm a bit scared to swing the beast.
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I can't imaging working for an hour with that thing, but who cares? That thing is awesome! It looks like something that a video game character would carry around as a weapon. You must post pics of the finished product.
 
DarthTaco123 said:
I've got an old 1840's 5 LBer maine pattern I need to rehang after I finish getting the mushrooming out of the eye. Truth be told I'm a bit scared to swing the beast.
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With something like that I think that maybe just softening the edges of the mushrooming would be the way to go. You have something that old it's like the thing tells a story and the poll has something to say too. That's a really cool looking head.
 
jblyttle said:
I can't imaging working for an hour with that thing, but who cares? That thing is awesome! It looks like something that a video game character would carry around as a weapon. You must post pics of the finished product.
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Totally :) It's in such great shape and I found it on the first search I did lol. I think of chopping like exercise so I wanted something heavier after the GB felling axe started feeling light :)
 
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