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Not all healed up by any means. It's getting there though! If im careful I'm able to do most everything. Just takes me a bit longer. I worked some today though not as long as I should have.
I instead put some time into my axe...
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Looks beautiful! What type of stain did you use? It set nice and dark, I like that a lot!After shaving this handle to accommodate the small double bit Beatty I stained, oiled, and waxed the raw wood with regular axe wax and dark wax. (Also on the kerf and where I cut the end.)
Cheers!
Thanks! It’s Minwax Puritan Pine. It was literately just the closest thing to me at the time. (It was in the shop and I didn’t want to walk out to the van for something different.). The antiquing wax does a lot to making those areas I sanded look old again.
i love it so much, i never knew there was an american eared DB, thought it was an irish thingAfter shaving this handle to accommodate the small double bit Beatty I stained, oiled, and waxed the raw wood with regular axe wax and dark wax. (Also on the kerf and where I cut the end.)
Cheers!
No stain. I found this axe head in his shed a few years back and it’s the one that got me into axes so I wanted to give it a little character. I scorched it lightly with a torch and didn’t like the way it looked so I kept going until I was happy with the look. Sanded then blo while it was still hot.
No stain. I found this axe head in his shed a few years back and it’s the one that got me into axes so I wanted to give it a little character. I scorched it lightly with a torch and didn’t like the way it looked so I kept going until I was happy with the look. Sanded then blo while it was still hot.
Looks great man! You honored him well. That is some good looking wedge work, and I love the handle. Well done!Well I finally got around to hanging grandpas old kelly perfect 4lb. I put it on a 36” link club of a handle. Shaved it way down and cut 2 inches off to make it 34”.Overall I am very happy the way it turned out. It’s fun to swing and feels good. This thing holds a special place in my heart so I took my time with her. You can see on one side I left the dings on her from where gramps beat on her. I filed one side smooth a while back but decided to leave it on the other side. Looking back I wish i would of left it on both sides but can’t go back. Thanks for looking.
Thanks man I appreciate that.
Those look great! Makes me itch for healed fingers and better weather!Hung a couple axes this weekend, both on 32" link handles I got from ACE.
First was my 6lb embossed Flint edge head. Turned out ok, but I wish I could go back and re do it. 32" total length, the eye was so deep on this head that even seated all the way down on the shoulder i only cut about 1/2" off the top at the most.
The next was my old 8lb maul that I used for years. Before this, I had it on a 36" bent link handle that I put on probably at least 10 years ago - and it lasted for probably 25+ cords of wood. The old handle wasn't great and had crazy run out (this was before I knew what run out was and how to select a good handle - but even back then I liked splitting with a bent handle). but it took a decade and tons of wood for the handle to crack at the runout and that is with an 8lb maul head - so I'm not convinced that runout is terrible on a 3lb axe handle.
anyways, the maul hang went way better and I'm much happier with the hang, really nice and tight with awesome wedge depth. Both handles got thinned and octagonalized with my 4 in hand rasp dude - except the grip which I leave round(oval), but thinned a little and left rough (as recommended by Bernie Weisgerberin the Axe to Grind video). The maul handle ended up about 30" total which I've decided is the optimal length for me.
