Restoring cruiser with broken toe

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I'm looking for advice regarding what to do with the broken side of this axe that I'm working on for a friend. I don't know it's age (but it is definitely quite old), and it has no markings other than having a ribbed eye. It was quite rusted, so I've already cleaned that up quite a bit to try to reveal any secrets it may have had under all that nastiness. Should I leave the area alone and work with the edge that's left? Should I grind the whole edge back to be even with the loss? That would take about 5/8-3/4" away from that side of the axe, and I'm not sure if that is wise.
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Looks like probably a 60's TT Woodslasher.
Theres not a lot you can do here, I'd just leave the damaged bit thicker and the good bit the thinnest sharpest bit.
 
Take some, not all of the broken side down, keep it thick as said above so that you dont have issues later on, this would allow you to have a chopper and splitter in one.
 
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Hickory n steel said:
Looks like probably a 60's TT Woodslasher.
Theres not a lot you can do here, I'd just leave the damaged bit thicker and the good bit the thinnest sharpest bit.
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Thanks for the second opinion. This has been my leaning as well, but I wanted to see what others thought.
 
Duriensbane said:
Take some, not all of the broken side down, keep it thick as said above so that you dont have issues later on, this would allow you to have a chopper and splitter in one.
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Yeah, I'll be backing those edges up at least 1/16-1/8" just to get past the smaller chips and get a crisp new profile. Always planned to do a splitter and cutter because that's just the "right" way to do a double bit that isn't expected to be chopping roots as part of its job. I have three other axes I'm doing for them, but this one is the one I'm most excited for even with the broken toe.
 
i had alot of fun hafting my 2 cruiser, TT A45 and a Collins Homestead, only thing is you dont really see them with a splitting profile on the sides as they really arent great for splitting, they can do it, but id much rather a tassie.
 
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