What did you rehang today?

A good maul is an awesome tool. Of everything that have found and fixed last year, the tool that I actually used much more than any other was an 8lb sledge eye maul that I refinished. I have a couple of axe eye models and handles laying around waiting for me to get bored. Nice looking work daizee.

 
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Oxbow said:
Finished hanging my ship carpenter's axe/masting axe. 21 inches long black locust with a red oak wedge.

I could only find a few images of this type of axe with handles, and they were typically very short. At least one of the images I found had a straight handle, but I'm not planning on using this on masts, or in a wooden boat. So I put a bent handle on it for hewing. I've not seen many broad axes with swells on the handles but I had plenty of wood so I put one on. I can't wait to see what it is like to hew with this axe.
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Spectacular! It looks like Locust makes a great handle based on the grain characteristics.
 
Well they arent axes but they are all mainly late 1800's plumb blacksmith hammers
they are YERKES & PLUMB and FAYETTE R. PLUMB CO. marked
, and one champion DeArment 3lb ball peen, and a 10lb true temper sledge
I have a bunch more to hang they were my grandfathers

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Stilletto Ruger Titanium 14oz I love this hammer got it off craigslist for nothing and put a new handle in it with the original round wedge and it is a real workhorse

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PWRstroke_smoke said:
Well they arent axes but they are all mainly late 1800's plumb blacksmith hammers
they are YERKES & PLUMB and FAYETTE R. PLUMB CO. marked
, and one champion DeArment 3lb ball peen, and a 10lb true temper sledge
I have a bunch more to hang they were my grandfathers
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A man after my own heart. I don't want to go find a hammer forum, and these are closer than cousins to out beloved edged tools. I'm very cool with people posting them here but would understand if anyone objected. If anyone does, we should have an Axe Forum sub-forum.

These are what I think of as the Klitschko brothers, Dr. Ironfist and Dr. Steelhammer. Brothers, because they share handles recreated from a single 36" dry grey 8lb sledge handle that had spent many years outside. I cut it in half and shaved dead wood until the good stuff was reached, and thinned them until they were good fits for these 3 and 4lb heads. These are 14.5" and 12" long.



 
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PWRstroke_smoke said:
Well they arent axes but they are all mainly late 1800's plumb blacksmith hammers
they are YERKES & PLUMB and FAYETTE R. PLUMB CO. marked
, and one champion DeArment 3lb ball peen, and a 10lb true temper sledge
I have a bunch more to hang they were my grandfathers

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OMG that sledge on the far right, what a beast!
 
jblyttle said:
A man after my own heart. I don't want to go find a hammer forum, and these are closer than cousins to out beloved edged tools. I'm very cool with people posting them here but would understand if anyone objected. If anyone does, we should have an Axe Forum sub-forum.
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Axes were definitely the original intent, but only out of ignorance. As far as I'm concerned, any rehanging work can hang it's hat here. We already have the full gamut of wood handled tools, why would we stop?

Besides, I'm pretty sure I read this thread more than anything else (on these forums, or elsewhere).
 
wow, didn't expect all the excitement over my proud maul hang. glad you guys like it. I've adjusted my technique over time, and so far I like doing it this way.

re: hammers
you guys will get lots of ooh's and aah's over in shop talk if you post in front of all those 'smiths. :-)
 
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It's nasty cold out today, so I decided to hang my old Kelly Perfect 3.2. It has been lurking around the wood shop for a few years. Got it cleaned up, sharp, and back in service.
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Looks great. Textbook hang. Perfectly seated on the shoulder.
 
Oxbow said:
Finished hanging my ship carpenter's axe/masting axe. 21 inches long black locust with a red oak wedge.

I could only find a few images of this type of axe with handles, and they were typically very short. At least one of the images I found had a straight handle, but I'm not planning on using this on masts, or in a wooden boat. So I put a bent handle on it for hewing. I've not seen many broad axes with swells on the handles but I had plenty of wood so I put one on. I can't wait to see what it is like to hew with this axe.

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That's a fine handle. Well done.

The masting axes I've seen were all sharpened with a double bevel. For those I would prefer a straight haft. But for a single bevel hewing axe a curved handle is better. I think the typical shape for a masting axe handle was something like this. Curved back to get the hands away form the work but straight in the plane of the axe.

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jblyttle said:
A man after my own heart. I don't want to go find a hammer forum, and these are closer than cousins to out beloved edged tools. I'm very cool with people posting them here but would understand if anyone objected. If anyone does, we should have an Axe Forum sub-forum.

These are what I think of as the Klitschko brothers, Dr. Ironfist and Dr. Steelhammer. Brothers, because they share handles recreated from a single 36" dry grey 8lb sledge handle that had spent many years outside. I cut it in half and shaved dead wood until the good stuff was reached, and thinned them until they were good fits for these 3 and 4lb heads. These are 14.5" and 12" long.



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very nice work I especially like the one on the left
 





One of the heads I picked up yesterday plus a handle that I have been hanging on to. Blo'd and bees-waxed, new wedge.
 
Slight difference in handle material, though I finished the rough-in today. One layer of clearcoat to keep the oxidation at bay is all I chose to give it. I am wrapping the 'D' handle now with 550 cord, I may also do the shaft if I have enough cord.



Edit: I had just enough cord! All done.


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I forgot to post the double bit that I saved from being tossed out with the trash. Ignore the hatchet, the handle has some issues and I still haven't figured out what I plan to do with it.

Next up is an odd sized hatchet / boys axe that is being hafted on a 19" handle.
 
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