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What did you rehang today?
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I second that motion.
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This is an unmarked head that I picked up a while ago. It's got a nice patina to it and seems to have most of its bit intact.
It is of the "ridged eye" variety- seems there was some determination of the companies who made those - at least possible companies.
The handle is a 36" House Handle. Used the spokeshave to cut down the existing pattern. I tried to keep the original lines. The "crick" on the octagonal HH have varying degrees of material removed. I kind of started there on the thinning process. The fawn's foot was just done with a rasp then round file.
Walking with it in my right hand it seems light, like you could walk awhile with it at ready.
Not sure if it is the overall balance or the thinned octagonal pattern that I'm noticing.
Regardless, I'm pleased with it enough to keep around.
It is of the "ridged eye" variety- seems there was some determination of the companies who made those - at least possible companies.
The handle is a 36" House Handle. Used the spokeshave to cut down the existing pattern. I tried to keep the original lines. The "crick" on the octagonal HH have varying degrees of material removed. I kind of started there on the thinning process. The fawn's foot was just done with a rasp then round file.
Walking with it in my right hand it seems light, like you could walk awhile with it at ready.
Not sure if it is the overall balance or the thinned octagonal pattern that I'm noticing.
Regardless, I'm pleased with it enough to keep around.
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Quick question on this 2lb Fulton restore/rehang. I local guy bought a nice big piece of RR track from me yesterday as a Christmas gift for his 13 year old son who is getting into backyard blacksmithing, I also gave him several files for nothing as I had accumulated scores of them but will never need that many and the thought of a kid like that getting into making things makes me happy. I will rehang a hammer here and there for fun and have a few heads and asked what his son had. He currently is using a 1lb ballpein and making it work, but the guy told me that he would like to upgrade. I put a rush on this one and did it after work tonight to be a gift to the kid. My question is this- the mahogany wedge I did well and I can't budge the thing, but I have this nagging feeling that it wants a metal wedge. My heart says no, my mind says yes. It's a 2lb head on a 14 inch handle, a nice size but not a rock crusher. What do you guys think?
I did the wedge, it would have nagged me otherwise. It was so tight that it took real effort to get it in flush, and BLO from last night started to squeeze out of the end-grain. That's as tight as I have the ability to get it.
I did the wedge, it would have nagged me otherwise. It was so tight that it took real effort to get it in flush, and BLO from last night started to squeeze out of the end-grain. That's as tight as I have the ability to get it.
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I struggled with the same thing when I did my first hammer re-hang for my father-in-law recently. Out of an abundance of caution, I went with a metal wedge since it's being used in an automotive shop. Even if the metal cross wedge shrtened the life of the handle, I figured that was a good trade to at least feeling like I did everything short of epoxy to ensure that head wasn't going anywhere. If it were my personal hammer, I probably wouldn't have bothered.
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This made me happy to read. Speaks to your nature. Good looking hammer!
Don't know whether the wedge is necessary but I tell everyone that I give refurbished tools to that they come with free repair service (they are usually family and friends).
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Here is a J.B. McF adze that I found. Honestly, I'm not that knowledgable with this type of tool.
Just wire wheel clean up, sanded the handle down, minor edge clean up, reseated the head, soaked it the last 4 days in BLO.
The edge needs a bit more work and the handle has taken in about 8 BLO applications and continues to do so - thirsty, I guess.
Whole length
Head profile
Business end
Makers mark
End shot
Just wire wheel clean up, sanded the handle down, minor edge clean up, reseated the head, soaked it the last 4 days in BLO.
The edge needs a bit more work and the handle has taken in about 8 BLO applications and continues to do so - thirsty, I guess.
Whole length
Head profile
Business end
Makers mark
End shot
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Looks good! Those old handles really soak up the BLO.
With a little more edge work it'll be ready to go.
With a little more edge work it'll be ready to go.
A froe. Mainly because the handle on it was literally just a stick that didn't fit very well and was way too short. I rived out some ash to play around making handles and realized the poor old froe needed it more than anything else. Not a fancy hang, just carved it rough with a hatchet and thinned/tapered it some with the drawknife; not finished beyond that. I did get it pretty thin to see how strong it is. About the same time, I "carved" the froe maul out with the hatchet, since I kept misplacing my "good" sticks of firewood 
. Pretty happy with the new "riving system" thanks to a fallen branch!
. Pretty happy with the new "riving system" thanks to a fallen branch!
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Something about froes - they just call for rough home made handles. Yours looks pretty good - better than mine.
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Looks great. Nice that you were able to save the old handle.
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Looks great. I just came into one of these TT tomahawks as well, though with a little mushrooming and on a curved handle. I look forward to re-hanging and sharpening it.
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My weekend's work. Not the best rehanging that you have ever seen, but yeoman's work I think. A Stanley hatchet rehung on a NOS yardsale found handle, and a 1.75lb crosspein blacksmith hammer head also hung on a NOS handle. Both handles sanded and BLO'ed. The hatchet is 14 inches and weighs 28 ounces, the hammer is 15 inches and weighs 33 ounces.
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This is a Jersey pattern that wanted hanging. Only marks that I found was the weight 3 1/2.
It isn't fancy but it's sharp now at least. Split a couple of maple rounds out back.
Recently received an order of House Handle 32" octagonal handles. The narrow crick was distracting me so I figured that shaping the handle from there up was in order.
I really like the octagonal handles but there are a couple of spots in which I smoothed them out. The first pic on the logs shows the shape of the handle near the fawns foot.
It feels good in the hand and seem to keep the grip oriented straight.
Wood pile
Wedge
Head down
Lateral
Head/Shoulder
Jersey's are my favorite to hang- little more to attend to.
Wish there were more around my parts here.
It isn't fancy but it's sharp now at least. Split a couple of maple rounds out back.
Recently received an order of House Handle 32" octagonal handles. The narrow crick was distracting me so I figured that shaping the handle from there up was in order.
I really like the octagonal handles but there are a couple of spots in which I smoothed them out. The first pic on the logs shows the shape of the handle near the fawns foot.
It feels good in the hand and seem to keep the grip oriented straight.
Wood pile
Wedge
Head down
Lateral
Head/Shoulder
Jersey's are my favorite to hang- little more to attend to.
Wish there were more around my parts here.
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Rehung my old 20oz Helko with a 14" curved handle I harvested from a TT Dynamic. The Fawns foot was cut flat and split out, I fixed that and got most of the white lacquer off. I reused one of the steel cross wedges, the hole has been drilled and tapped. I left the red paint, I believe that is the 4th color that hatchet has been since I remember it, it's been green, gray, black, and now red. I'm pretty sure this is its third handle. The cracked straight handle I replaced was one my dad put on some 40 years ago.
I cleaned up the 28oz Dynamic and put it on and 18" Vaughn handle.
I cleaned up the 28oz Dynamic and put it on and 18" Vaughn handle.