What did you rehang today?

Miller '72 · Feb 11, 2021

After picking this head up about one year ago, I have finally filed and hung this WmPenn Supplee-Biddle Hardware Co Jersey Pattern axe.

Fitting and ultimately shaping this Precut Yellow Birch Wedge that was given to me by my friend and fellow axe aficionado Josh,

Yankee Josh
Thanks my man!

Driven and hung

Sanded and shaped

Boiled Linseed Oil

Tight, snug fit

4¼lbs
27¾"
4½"Bit
6½" Head

:thumbsup:

lmalterna · Feb 12, 2021

Nice head and very nice hang on a vintage handle!!

Bill

Meek1 · Feb 12, 2021

Miller '72 said:
After picking this head up about one year ago, I have finally filed and hung this WmPenn Supplee-Biddle Hardware Co Jersey Pattern axe.

Fitting and ultimately shaping this Precut Yellow Birch Wedge that was given to me by my friend and fellow axe aficionado Josh, Yankee Josh
Thanks my man!

Driven and hung

Sanded and shaped

Boiled Linseed Oil

Tight, snug fit

4¼lbs
27¾"
4½"Bit
6½" Head

That turned out great Miller! What an exceptional head! Good pairing too! Looks awesome!!

FLINT77 · Feb 12, 2021

yes, very very nice! beautiful handle and perfect hang. great job.

CVamberbonehead · Feb 16, 2021

I just rehung my first axe today! Its a Council tools boys axe, and it has been a good, reliable tool. Finally the head got loose enough that it was rattling and it freaked me out. lol My dad got ahold of a very nice Amish made handle, and I used that to rehang it. It was a pain in the butt, but it is satisfying to finally be done. It went very well, though I had a small gap at the bottom that I filled with wood filler. I finished it with a metal cross wedge and some boiled linseed oil. it looks pretty good, hopefully it will last as long as the original handle did. I left the wood a touch proud, about an eighth of an inch, and the wood split just a bit when I used the metal wedge but I think it will work.

Miller '72 · Feb 16, 2021

lmalterna said:
Nice head and very nice hang on a vintage handle!!

Bill

Meek1 said:
That turned out great Miller! What an exceptional head! Good pairing too! Looks awesome!!

FLINT77 said:
yes, very very nice! beautiful handle and perfect hang. great job.

Thank you guys! I do love this jersey on this old thinnas can be haft.
French curves at their best :thumbsup:

Dusty One · Feb 17, 2021

Great job...Great looking axe !

sdc1104 · Feb 20, 2021

Sorry, just saw this. Yes, just bought copper but should have gone thinner. This was 3/16 that I just hammered into that shape. They do the job though.

sdc1104 · Feb 20, 2021

I have been waiting on handles, but I recently gun-blued and hand filed a Mann Knot Klipper and a Collins Legitimus, both single bit.

ISKski · Mar 8, 2021

This is the first axe i've ever hung: its going to be a user

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Cherry wedge

jblyttle · Mar 24, 2021

Well, it's been a while but I finally moved into a new shop. I can get busy again.

I did this today, interesting that I have never seen this marking before.

IMG_20210324_111614 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

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jblyttle · Mar 24, 2021

My new space. It's far from organized yet, but it is functional.

IMG_20210316_093115 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

IMG_20210320_153547 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

IMG_20210320_153453 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

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crbnSteeladdict · Mar 24, 2021

jblyttle said:
I did this today, interesting that I have never seen this marking before.

IMG_20210324_111708 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

jblyttle · Mar 25, 2021

IMG_20210325_153047 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

IMG_20210325_153058 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

IMG_20210325_153102 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

IMG_20210325_153110 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

IMG_20210325_153115 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

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flexo · Mar 26, 2021

new tools, new shop with heart warming welcoming words on the ceiling, allready feels home!

Miller '72 · Mar 26, 2021

jblyttle said:
My new space. It's far from organized yet, but it is functional.

IMG_20210316_093115 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_153547 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_153453 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_153421 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_153443 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_153437 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_153430 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210320_152936 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20210316_092034 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

Kicks Ass Man! Brad even likes it!!

Hickory n steel · Mar 26, 2021

I've got a few heads laying around that need to be hung, but I haven't found any handles.

I normally like the link handles because I can normally get the shape I want out of them, but I've been SOL.
I don't want to order anything from HH because I've never been able to pull a good shape out of them.

Maybe one of the unfinished handles will do if they still offer those ?

Yankee Josh · Mar 27, 2021

Here's that mid 19th century Jerison White Connecticut pattern (I think). Another shipwreck axe.
Cleaned, barely filed and hung. Very good temper on this axe. Truly.
This did start cracking at both front corners of the tip of the eye on bottom. It had looked so sound after cleaning that I was hanging it with reckless abandon. So I instead proceeded very gently and used a super soft eastern white cedar wedge as to not apply too much outward pressure to the eye.
32" N.E. Handles. ( New England Handle Co. General line)

As you'd expect, a crisp poll. Still fun to see though.

And an inlaid bit as well. Wrought iron body in this one too. The grain in the steel is beautiful.

It's thought that Jerison White was associated at one time with the G. White axe company. But not a whole lot is known about him. I welcome any info as always!
Here's the cedar wedge. Again I was very gentle so it's not perfect.

A parting shot.

Hickory n steel · Apr 2, 2021

Did a little cleanup and quick rehab on this older Gransfors Bruks import.

Hickory n steel · Apr 8, 2021

Today I worked on this 3.5lb Homestead narrow swamper.
I believe it to be a late pre Mann Collins like my homestead Michigan because they're pretty thin and slightly convexed, but they could possibly be very early Mann Collins axes.

I still need to wedge it and finish the handle.