What did you rehang today?

So I needed another maul LOL. This one is a 6lb Stanley on a 32" handle. The handle is not on crooked, the kerf is not cut straight.



 
I used Link handles and I'm not impressed, the hangs came out OK but for hatchets I'll never buy them again kerf's were cockeyed and way off center the one on the HB was so bad I had to glue it together and re-cut with OK success.



 
I managed to salvage the handle, with a little luck I managed to remove the two step wedges.
One tooth broke off, so with a little elbow grease I finally removed it.
I noticed the tooth while trying to cut the kerf a little deeper.... my saw isn't feeling too good at the moment... :mad:

I hesitated to put a new steel wedge in, it would sure feel a lot safer but I don't wanna ruin the handle,
so I just drenched the wooden wedge in BLO and drove it home good, in case it would pop loose I can always wedge it again.

The handle got some great grain!

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300Six said:
Not difficult to see why you didn't want to toss it! In today's world a handle with grain such as that is probably 'one in a thousand'.
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Unfortunately not, the swell is unlike I've ever seen on a modern axe. It's a real shame because this thinner profile gives much greater purchase!
 
This is an old Underhill that I simply cleaned and oiled, alond with a weird little hammer and a WestCraft crosspein.

 
Yesterdays project. I cleaned, sharpened and re hafted a Walters Black Diamond double bit. Hope you like?
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I bought this axe almost a year ago, had the shittiest handle I've ever seen, and it was the tightest hang I've ever come across :D
It was a real pita getting the head off. Believe it or not but this awful new handle is at least three times more secure.
My worst hang yet, I'm ashamed to post it but then again I love axes! Besides, it's my 'garage axe', mostly doing carving with it, and it feels good in the hand so why not?
I'm not sure but it could be Beech.

It's the axe in top of the photo.
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Wake31 said:
Yesterdays project. I cleaned, sharpened and re hafted a Walters Black Diamond double bit. Hope you like?

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Good job! I'd be interested to know how popular double bits were for use in Canada because you don't see them very often (certainly not in Ontario) and the only Walters double I ever came across was in British Columbia 35 years ago. I still have it and it's same pattern as your's but stamped Gov't of BC in addition to Walters.
 
Wake31 said:
Yesterdays project. I cleaned, sharpened and re hafted a Walters Black Diamond double bit. Hope you like?
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That is a nice looking double bit Wake31.


aikonen said:
I bought this axe almost a year ago, had the shittiest handle I've ever seen, and it was the tightest hang I've ever come across :D
It was a real pita getting the head off. Believe it or not but this awful new handle is at least three times more secure.
My worst hang yet, I'm ashamed to post it but then again I love axes! Besides, it's my 'garage axe', mostly doing carving with it, and it feels good in the hand so why not?
I'm not sure but it could be Beech.

It's the axe in top of the photo.
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Interesting pattern, it’s secure, sharp, feels good, and you use it - nothing wrong with that axe from here Aikonen.
 
Made an Osage orange handle for my S&N Hudson Bay couple days ago, got it finished up and hung this morning:



There was an unfortunate knot hiding it the wood, but at least it's down where it likely won't matter:



Grain orientation isn't the best, but with such oddball wood out here, you take what you can find.

 
serotina said:
Made an Osage orange handle for my S&N Hudson Bay couple days ago, got it finished up and hung this morning.

Grain orientation isn't the best, but with such oddball wood out here, you take what you can find.

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Looks great! Your handle is mostly straight so diagonal grain is best of both worlds. Most folks on here seem to fit hafts loose and then whack in an oversize wedge. What you've done is the way I was taught to do it; honeymoon fit secured by a thin taper wedge.
 
I also like a tight fit and sometimes I have to re cut the kerf to get the wedge in. Also me thinks that knots give the haft character.
 
Dunlap doesn't seem to get much love, I routinely see that people pass them over for all but bargain pricing. But I can't seem to stand seeing a perfectly good head sit overlooked. This one is good again.




 
300Six said:
Good job! I'd be interested to know how popular double bits were for use in Canada because you don't see them very often (certainly not in Ontario) and the only Walters double I ever came across was in British Columbia 35 years ago. I still have it and it's same pattern as your's but stamped Gov't of BC in addition to Walters.
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I live in BC and it seems like double bit are all I find! I have 20 or so DB's lol
 
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