What did you rehang today?

2nd attempt at the 5lb Flint Edge

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Tanks everyone for the advise.
 
Slim278 said:
2nd attempt at the 5lb Flint Edge

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Tanks everyone for the advise.
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That oughta hold her, Slim!

That's a fine looking axe. You don't see many 5 pounders especially in that pattern. I'd love to take a few swings with that beauty.
 
jblyttle said:
A nice Plumb 3.5lb Dayton hung on a saved handle.

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Well done! Say, are you using soft hardwood (such as Poplar or Basswood) for your wedges? I ask because whatever you're using they sure are compressible and make good void fillers.
 
300Six said:
Well done! Say, are you using soft hardwood (such as Poplar or Basswood) for your wedges? I ask because whatever you're using they sure are compressible and make good void fillers.
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Yup, Poplar. I've for the most part stopped using hard wood, as they tend to keep their shape too much. I have had one axe head using a dark walnut wedge come loose, the whole wedge came all the way back out. Too smooth, I feel like the soft ones not only deform to fill space, they also seem to have rougher surfaces that grab better, create more friction.
 
jblyttle said:
Yup, Poplar. I've for the most part stopped using hard wood, as they tend to keep their shape too much. I have had one axe head using a dark walnut wedge come loose, the whole wedge came all the way back out. Too smooth, I feel like the soft ones not only deform to fill space, they also seem to have rougher surfaces that grab better, create more friction.
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Interesting observations! A thread devoted to pros and cons of soft hardwood wedges vs hard hardwood wedges has not yet been done (that I know of) within this forum. Many of us have become aware that Yellow Poplar was the industry standard for new axes in USA for a very long time and I suspect that most aftermarket hardware store axe wedges these days are still made from a Poplar species.
I'm not much of an experimenter anymore since most of the axes I rehafted using hard hardwood wedges (Ash, Oak, Maple, whatever; wood scraps) over the past 30+ years also haven't come loose.
 
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I've been slacking hard on posting my hangs this past week, it was totally unplanned but apparently this was Hudson Bay week. Just so happened that the 4 Hudson bays I had fit the 4 Hudson Bay sized handles I had. First one is a Collins Legitimus Hudson, got super lucky on this one as it was reasonably priced and in great condition. It doesn't look all that great in the picture but that's just cause it has the original paint still on it but some of it is gone so it's not the prettiest head but it's still in great shape. Next is just a regular Collins Hudson Bay, it had a bit of rust on it when I got it but obviously nothing too bad as it cleaned up nicely. The last two are both Genuine Norlund Hudson bays, both in pretty damn good condition. They're all on hickory handles but the last one I especially like, it's a reddish colored hickory and looks really good and is getting even better with every coat of BLO.
 
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This is one of 4 amazing hamdle that I picked up recently. 28", perfectly formed, so slim, great grain. This is a 3lb head.



 
Love, love, love that haft! It would be nice to have some of those old hafts measured with a CMM. Maybe one day they'll be able to 3D print with a substance that acts like hickory.
 
Square_peg said:
Love, love, love that haft! It would be nice to have some of those old hafts measured with a CMM. Maybe one day they'll be able to 3D print with a substance that acts like hickory.
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I have 3 more, I'm saving them for the right heads. It's so slim!

 
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