What did you rehang today?

[cooperhill]

another Spiller. I think this is a New England pattern but I'm not sure. Seems to small overall for a CT. Took it for a spin yesterday and it works great. The handle is Bethel Handle co out of Bethel, Maine.

 

[Woodcraft]

Very nice

 

[ultrahesh]

 

[junkenstien]

3 1/2 lb plumb national,old broad axe has latt gage lawrence cast steel stamped on it ,got the handle with it no kerf wedged it on side and in front of the handle.6lbs 2oz sharpest I have ever gotten a piece of steel

 

[Square_peg]

Sweet axes! So you did a removable wedging system on the broadaxe?

 

[junkenstien]

Yes sir,copied off one of your old posts.thanks for all the help

 

[jblyttle]

These are just two two retighten/sharpen projects. A nice 5 pounder and a Dunlap hatchet. I only used two Baryonyx stones- the American Mutt and the Arctic Fox scythe stone.

 

[Twindog]

Hard to have a collection of axes without the Great Divider axe, even though it’s more of a curiosity than an awesome advance of axe design.

So I had to get one. It is awesome, and it works, although I’d never use if over my regular axes.


The one I bought off the ‘bay came poorly hung, with a couple nails driven into the wedge to tight things up. Even with the nails, the head was coming loose.

I used a dead-blow hammer on the bottom of the haft to get the head to seat farther down the handle. It came up pretty easily, giving me a chance to remove the nails with a cat’s paw.

When I pulled the wedge, it was too small — given the size of the kerf — and didn’t go very deep. And it was a little rotten.

I used a larger wedge and banged it home hard. When done, it was really tight and I could see that mushrooming of the haft in the portion left proud of the head. You can see the difference in the size of the new wedge, compared to the pieces of the old wedge in the photo.

Then I soaked it overnight in BLO.

Pretty tight hang at the end, although there’s a bit of runout below the back of the head that worries me.

 

[jblyttle]

I picked this up earlier today for $5 at a yardsale. It's a Plumb Victory 3lb Connecticut on a really nice 30" handle.

 

[Agent_H]

I like it - all of it!

V ictory

 

[Agent_H]

An acquaintance of mine broke a handle.

Not hung yet but I figured you guys know what it is without the head in the picture

 

[Woodcraft]

I like a good Plumb!

 

[phantomknives]

great divider? some kind of double bit "knock off(?)" chopper one or the other way around, or did they make the great divider

 

[Twindog]

great divider? some kind of double bit "knock off(?)" chopper one or the other way around, or did they make the great divider

There was also the Chopper1 Axe that worked the same way. It was invented and patented by Bob Kolonia back in the mid to late ‘70s. At one time, he was selling more than 2,000 axes a day through major retailers. But he closed the business in 1989. I think a new company has taken to selling them.


The Great Divider Axe seems to be made by the Warren Tool Co. of either Penn. or Ohio. I don’t know how they got around the patent issue. My axe has no patent listed on the head, nor the manufacturer. Lots of Great Divider Axes show up on eBay. The thing weighs 8 pounds, including the 36-inch haft.

 

[Agent_H]

This is an axe that I intended to keep and use when I put it together:

It ended up going to someone who really likes it more than I needed another axe.

It got returned to me with a broken handle. Broken cross the grain at the thickest part of the handle. It happens sometimes.


Anyway, he also needed a boy’s axe (who doesn’t after you pick one up?).

Neopolitan?

Happy Mother's Day!

(Call your mom)

 

[Woodcraft]

What a working pairing, lucky dog he is. Nice work.

 

[Square_peg]

Perfect, Agent H.

 

[Agent_H]

Perfect, Agent H.

Thank you sir!

*second pot of coffee.

 

[junkenstien]

plumb luck contiues,head weighs 3lbs 8oz glued up Crack in swell original handle

 

[Agent_H]

That is a really nice looking axe Junkenstein.