North European Carpenters Axe

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Traditional North European woodworking carpenters axe. Laminated carbon (0,8%) U8A steel.
Turpentine, beeswax and linseed oil mixture for the steel as the treatment for anti rust. 3 1/2" face.
Rockwell 60 (HRC). Linseed oiled and beeswaxed 18" elm wood handle.

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Hello my friend!
So pretty to meet You here!
Great work, I want one! ))

George
S-Petersburg
 
That is a very handsome axe, nice work. Is the shape of the poll stylistic or is there some function to it?
 
Great axe! Nice! The smitty´s marks are good to see... Seems to be hammered forged, maybe hand forged. What do you think?

Kind regards
 
Hi. The axe is made by me (wood and leather) and by my friend blacksmith John Neeman. We will soon have a web page of all of our tools. Yes the axe is done by hand hammers, hand forged 100%, we do not use a pneumatic hammer.
 
Looks interesting enough. Will wait to see more info when available.

Stirred the pot though I see. Well done.
 
Nice work, I was wondering about using elm as well, until I found this,

Elm wood was valued for its interlocking grain, and consequent resistance to splitting, with significant uses in wagon wheel hubs, chair seats and coffins. The elm's wood bends well and distorts easily making it quite pliant. The often long, straight, trunks were favoured as a source of timber for keels in ship construction. Elm is also prized by bowyers; of the ancient bows found in Europe, a large portion of them are elm. During the Middle Ages elm was also used to make longbows if yew was unavailable.

The density of elm wood varies due to differences between species, but averages around 560 kg per cubic metre.[26]
Elm wood is also resistant to decay when permanently wet, and hollowed trunks were widely used as water pipes during the medieval period in Europe. Elm was also used as piers in the construction of the original London Bridge. However this resistance to decay in water does not extend to ground contact.


Looks like a good choice, actually.
 
vrey very nice ! im starting to get myself into thinking about making a few axes(for friends and myself).i really like your work. any suggestions for a newbie axe maker(steel selection,handlecrafting,general equipment)? anything would be appreciated,thanks:D
p.s. i only use hand tools...
 
Gorgeous! Grain alignment is off, but I doubt it would matter too much in a short piece like that and elm is notoriously difficult to bust.
 
On an aside note, the winter scenery in your promo videos reminds me VERY much of my backdoors. I wonder how similar Maine is to Latvia?
 
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