Re-hanging advice welcome

You can find hafts to fit most axe heads at most hardware stores. The ones with really nice grain structure are few and far between, so you might need to dig through a pile to find one you like.

It's also fairly easy to get one that's just a tad too big and reshape it to fit if you can't find one that works "out of the box."

Take the head to the store and see what looks like it would fit, maybe?
 
Thanks. I'll have to see whats around in stores. Anyone have links to good tutoirals?

I was also looking for feedback on the soundness of my idea...any flaws in using a "long for weight" handle, or octagon shapes?
 
J_Curd said:
I was also looking for feedback on the soundness of my idea...any flaws in using a "long for weight" handle, or octagon shapes?
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Flaws? Not necessarily. It might not be a bug, it might be a "feature." :D I have yet to see a rule book that prohibits it. Even if I did, I'd probably argue that it's allowable under the legal precedent set by London Merchant Board v. Regina, 1845. :p

One is that a light head on a long handle makes you want to hit something really hard with it -- because the mass isn't there to do the work. So, as we all learnt in Physics 1: "Kinetic Energy = the mass times the square of the velocity." That can be a recipe for an uncontrolled strike, or over- or under-strike with resultant schrecklichkeit.

The other is that you can make a one-hander into a two-hander, which can be pretty neat or it can encourage you to haul off and really give 'er.

If you're capable of putting down the axe, taking a step back and going to the shed to get a heavier axe when you need it, then this is a great idea. I have a kindling splitter that is a 1 3/4 pound "cruiser hatchet" hung on a boy's axe handle. It's fine for what I use it for, but I don't wear myself out pecking on something that needs a nice hard whack.

I don't see octagons up here, so you might end up reshaping to suit yourself. Again, perfectly good practice.
 
I recommend house handle co for hafts. You can request no varnish, straight grain, octoganol shape etc. for a small fee and end up with a perfect haft for the same price as a lowes special. I usually order a few to make up for shipping.
 
That's a broad hatchet. It's designed to be used one-handed. I'd put a 16"-18" handle on it.
 
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