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Last week I was bored and looking for something to do. While rummaging around in a corner of our shed I found an old hatchet, covered in rust, with a broken handle, severely dull and chipped edge, and a chipped up hammer.
I removed the remnants of the old handle, sanded the rust down, and used a grinder to make the hammer useable again. After some file work, I rebeveled the edge down past the major chunks that had taken out of it. I used sandpaper of various grits (80 -> 400) to sharpen it to my satisfaction. I picked up a new handle and added a lanyard to finish it off.
I wish I had a before picture, but these camera phone after pics will have to do.
(No, I didn't break the glass with it)
(A little glamour shot outside)
I took it with me today when I went out to mow and check the fence. It handled great chopping a few low limbs, the little nail puller worked well pulling out a nail from the few broken insulators I found, and the hammer worked well installing the new ones.
Overall, this has prooven to be a pretty handy little hatchet and I enjoyed resurrecting it.
I removed the remnants of the old handle, sanded the rust down, and used a grinder to make the hammer useable again. After some file work, I rebeveled the edge down past the major chunks that had taken out of it. I used sandpaper of various grits (80 -> 400) to sharpen it to my satisfaction. I picked up a new handle and added a lanyard to finish it off.
I wish I had a before picture, but these camera phone after pics will have to do.
(No, I didn't break the glass with it)
(A little glamour shot outside)
I took it with me today when I went out to mow and check the fence. It handled great chopping a few low limbs, the little nail puller worked well pulling out a nail from the few broken insulators I found, and the hammer worked well installing the new ones.
Overall, this has prooven to be a pretty handy little hatchet and I enjoyed resurrecting it.
, but I don't see myself using it for prying nails much.