What did you rehang today?

[Yankee Josh]

Not a rehang, just de-rusted and oiled. The old hand made oak handle loves the oil. It's stamped "THACHER", pretty old I think.

IMG_20180630_191528 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180630_191742 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180630_191613 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180630_191540 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

That is a beautiful adze! With a rockin haft. Just gorgeous!

 

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Not a rehang, just de-rusted and oiled. The old hand made oak handle loves the oil. It's stamped "THACHER", pretty old I think.

IMG_20180630_191528 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180630_191742 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180630_191613 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180630_191540 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

How long is that handle!?

 

[jblyttle]

How long is that handle!?

This one is 34". I haven't found much of anything on the maker, but I have not put a ton of effort into looking. I'm assuming that it is English or more likely Northeast Colonial. I have also been informed, by someone who would know, that this tool is set up for carpentry work rather than shipwright work based on the handle shape. The head would have been correct for either.

 

[Steve Tall]

...I haven't found much of anything on the maker, but I have not put a ton of effort into looking...

No other examples of THACHER adzes or axes showed up at Worthpoint, for what it's worth concerning rarity. There are a bunch of blacksmiths named Thacher (from Massachusetts) in this family history:

https://archive.org/stream/thacherthatcherg1834tott/thacherthatcherg1834tott_djvu.txt
[I suggest using ctrl-F to find all the mentions of the word blacksmith.]

 

[jblyttle]

A couple more cleaned, scraped, tightened and oiled.

IMG_20180702_185559 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180702_185638 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180702_185617 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

 

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The Kelly with the cap wedge is super cool. Both are nice clean axes with minimal wear.

 

[phantomknives]

I will add Kelly world's finest to my ever growing list of axes, a tas, a Raven, a seagrave, a louisville Kelly and now a world's finest

 

[Miller '72]

I will add Kelly world's finest to my ever growing list of axes, a tas, a Raven, a seagrave, a louisville Kelly and now a world's finest

At least it's a short list of all easily attainable axes

 

[Agent_H]

IMG_20180702_185638 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

The Homestead isn’t a bad-looking axe either, JB.

 

[Miller '72]

Walters Midget Black Diamond

 

[jblyttle]

Walters Midget Black Diamond

That's in great shape.

 

[rbeggs]

Here's a little Swedish hatchet i cleaned up, oiled and sharpened for my son in law. The handle looks to be original and a little BLO made it tighter. Never mind the file tracks they'll blend in after a while haha! The bit was very hard by the way...

 

[Yankee Josh]

Here's my first brush axe. Paid $21 for it. Whoever had it before me didn't bother to clean it and just blasted it and the handle with black spray paint. So i cleaned it and sharpened it and made a sheath for it from some fire hose i bought for that purpose. The first couple are how it arrived.

 

[Yankee Josh]

Walters Midget Black Diamond

That's an awesome little hatchet! Are walters hard to come by? There's one at a local antique shop with a pretty worn toe for 20 bucks. That little one is a keeper!

 

[Yar]

Kelly Woodslasher

 

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Here's a little Swedish hatchet i cleaned up, oiled and sharpened for my son in law. The handle looks to be original and a little BLO made it tighter. Never mind the file tracks they'll blend in after a while haha! The bit was very hard by the way...
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Beautiful hatchet! Well done. It's nice to see someone take the time to file the edge back to a shape that will cut efficiently.

 

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This axe is a wedding present for some friends of mine. They live on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This is logging country and almost everyone has a fireplace or wood stove. This is a simple Kelly Woodslasher designed to be a solid working axe. It's not a perfect hang. It's not a perfect haft. It's not a perfect axe. But I think it will be a good solid worker.

After sanding and finishing I discovered that this is a piece of curly hickory. The curliness shows better in certain lights and at certain angles. The haft is a 32" Tennessee Hickory curved haft.

Oiled leather sheath from Harry Epstein.

Hand filed and honed. C37 stamp.

Clean poll.

Slimmed haft with 2 coats BLO and 6 coats of tung.

Haft didn't fill the eye but it will be fine.

It's ready for work.

 

[stevewest]

Beautiful work.

 

[rbeggs]

You made that handle gorgeous and good job on that bit! You put a lot of work into that axe and I'm sure they will enjoy it.

 

[jblyttle]

I want to live in a world where a good axe is an acceptable and appreciated wedding gift.

Well, apparently I actually do! I meant to say live in a place. Around here, an axe would make a good gift between men, but as a wedding present people would think you were weird.