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need info on this warren axe forest king (updated with before and after pictures.)

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dubs chops

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Picked this up at the flea market today, I never have collected axe's or hatchets but Have read all you guy's threads and thought to myself if i ever see an old one for sale somewhere I am gonna pick it up. Well today I went to the local flea market and this one came home with me. Any info or value on this piece would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!

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here are the after photos. Hope you all enjoy. I know I enjoyed bringing it back to life.




 
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Don't know a thing about it, but I'd have done just like you and jumped all over it. :D
 
It's a nice hatchet. I'd say it's worth $10-$15. I would hope to buy it at a flea market for $5 or less.
 
I like your flea market hatchet. I would be happy if that came home with me. I would put a new edge on it and clean up the mushrooming on the poll. Well I would clean up the handle too but not too much because that one looks to be in pretty good shape.

Have fun with it and beware that it can all start with a hatchet.
 
Well its been a While but I cleaned up the mushrooming, tried my best to clean up the edge and get most of the chips out, And I rehandled it because the head started to come off and there was some cracks in the handle under the head. I will try to get some pictures up soon as this was my first rehandle and I followed a youtube video by wranglerstar and was very happy with the outcome.

I am updating the first post to show how it sits today. It finally got the love it deserved.
 
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thats a nice hatchet. i have been looking for a forest king, or any warren ax really. i read only good things about them. have you chopped anything with it yet?

on a side note, i would suggest NOT following Wranglerstars tutorials. he has great intentions and seems like a good guy, but his lack of knowledge shines through on most of the technical how-tos. his version of rehandling an ax is chock full of bad info, as are both of his "how to sharpen an ax" videos. i get the impression that the guy googles things, and makes videos on how to do them, but in reality he is actually learning and figuring it out as he goes.

a couple things i would point out are

1. pound on the end of the handle, and not the ax head, when seating the head onto the handle.
2. do not hold the ax head in a vise when driving the wedge. it forces the head off the handle while the wedge is going in.
3. hammer the wedge in HARD, much harder than he shows int he video.

the videos are full of issues, but those are the main ones i remember.
 
Twoinch said:
thats a nice hatchet. i have been looking for a forest king, or any warren ax really. i read only good things about them. have you chopped anything with it yet?

on a side note, i would suggest NOT following Wranglerstars tutorials. he has great intentions and seems like a good guy, but his lack of knowledge shines through on most of the technical how-tos. his version of rehandling an ax is chock full of bad info, as are both of his "how to sharpen an ax" videos. i get the impression that the guy googles things, and makes videos on how to do them, but in reality he is actually learning and figuring it out as he goes.

a couple things i would point out are

1. pound on the end of the handle, and not the ax head, when seating the head onto the handle.
2. do not hold the ax head in a vise when driving the wedge. it forces the head off the handle while the wedge is going in.
3. hammer the wedge in HARD, much harder than he shows int he video.

the videos are full of issues, but those are the main ones i remember.
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I did notice that a couple of points seemed counter intuitive like holding the head while driving the wedge in. But all in all it got me on the right path and I learned the basic principal which I can now build on.
 
I am still having the occassional head jump while driving the wedge. I think my issue may be using a smaller copper hammer head to drive the wedge. I have to alternate hitting the wedge on opposite ends- I need to make a wide mallet to more evenly and quickly drive my wedges.

Bill
 
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