What did you rehang today?

[Miller '72]

3 beauty's today!
All hunches on these without stamps.

I believe the two claw hatchets to be paper label true temper and the scout/camp hatchet to be a Marion.

Just hunches

1½lbs X 13½"Long X 3"Bit

2¼lbs X 13¼"Long X 4⅓"Bit

1¾lbs X 12½"Long X 3½"Bit

Lets All Lean Into The Weekend!

 

[Miller '72]

M - STANLEY - M
3½lb Head X 8" Long X 4⅞"Bit

33" X 4½lbs Total

Original Handle
Rehung with a single Walnut Wedge.

WEAR YOUR SAFTEY GOOGLES
👁👁

 

[FLINT77]

M - STANLEY - M
3½lb Head X 8" Long X 4⅞"Bit

33" X 4½lbs Total

Original Handle
Rehung with a single Walnut Wedge.

WEAR YOUR SAFTEY GOOGLES
👁👁

Nice job! the poll on that axe seems strangly small

 

[Miller '72]

Nice job! the poll on that axe seems strangly small

Wickedly Odd & Small/Thin

I am guessing the silver washed out label may have had some (Made In...) information...

 

[Miller '72]

Yesterday was a good day.
It was our wedding anniversary, my son had a school concert, and i hung this beauty...

True Temper
Connecticut Pattern

3½lb X 6⅞" Head and 5¼" Bit
Six Eye Ridges

Original True Temper Handle

Unmolested, Unabused, Lightly Used

Single Birch Wood Wedge

4½lbs Total

Slender Thin Curvy Best

Solid, Full

Tight & Secure Rehang

31" Long

Sneaking into the weekend early I hope!

 

[Square_peg]

It's a beautiful axe and hang but there is a scary amount of runout in that haft.

 

[Miller '72]

It's a beautiful axe and hang but there is a scary amount of runout in that haft.

Certainly enough that i am surprised it had taken the overstrike abuse and not failed. Great looking handle, proven itself perhaps for retirement

 

[Miller '72]

Yesterday i was able to take some time, clean and build up this

The Chopper 1

6¼lb X 6⅜" Long Head with 5⅛" Bit

Quick, Tight, Smooth Spring Action

Rehung On Era Similar Handle

Removed Remaining OverStrike Guard

Birch Wood Wedge

7½lbs X 34¼" Total

Happy Saturday Morning!

 

[junkenstien]

1 1/4 lb bluegrass on a 16 inch handle.Got the handle from 1man5women off the bay.Staight grain and a decent swell delivered right under 25 bucks.Brother gave me the hatchet.

 

[Gato do mato]

Yesterday i was able to take some time, clean and build up this

The Chopper 1

6¼lb X 6⅜" Long Head with 5⅛" Bit

Quick, Tight, Smooth Spring Action

Rehung On Era Similar Handle

Removed Remaining OverStrike Guard

Birch Wood Wedge

7½lbs X 34¼" Total

Happy Saturday Morning!

I've never seen one of these in person, but I think it's beautiful.
I watched several videos of it in use.
Gentlemen who have used:
Is this model really functional with high density or twisted woods?
Congratulations on the tool, this ax is very beautiful.

 

[Hickory n steel]

1 1/4 lb bluegrass on a 16 inch handle.Got the handle from 1man5women off the bay.Staight grain and a decent swell delivered right under 25 bucks.Brother gave me the hatchet.

Man that's an awesome one, you just don't see Jersey hatchets hardly at all if ever.

 

[quinton]

Still kicking my own ass for passing on a pristine one for $30 or 35 10 or 12 years ago.

 

[Square_peg]

Gentlemen who have used:
Is this model really functional with high density or twisted woods?

No. It's a gimmick. I've got a nice fresh one around here somewhere. Never use it. I also kick myself for not grabbing more of them when they were selling for $10 at yard sales.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I hung this 60's V&B / Craftsman on Sunday, but did a little more refining to the handle today.
It's actually done now.


Btw it's the swell / fawns foot size I'm showing here, the grain orientation isn't an issue on a little 8oz hatchet.

 

[Yankee Josh]

it's actually not terribly complicated, you'll see a log of guys cut reliefs for the ears, but it's not a terrible issue. Instead what usually happens is you take a spoke shave or rasp and just take down the shoulder on the side until it's a smooth plane. If you look on some of the old handles, they swell a little, but the only shoulder they have is on the spine of the handle under the poll.

funny thing though, I finished that ax about 2 years ago and mailed it to a friend in texas, who promptly busted the handle.
this is what it looked like as the handle was done. it had been sitting so long that the head needed another go around.

again not my cleanest work, but it wasnt a particularly nice head either

I just tell people that the lugs are merely an extension of the eye. Just to pretend the whole eye shape extends down to the points of the lugs. I've found that most are on the same plane as the rest of the eye, they normally don't taper in nor flare out. I really like your advice about the shoulder. Nice and flat, a smooth taper and transition from handle up into the eye. I see a lot of people leaving super thick shoulders on the sides and you know due to that they normally have just a little bit of contact at the bottom edge. Having thick shoulders has become a fashionable thing. People reinventing the damn wheel again. Haha

 

[junkenstien]

5 lb Kelly Perfect Dayton on a 36 inch https://postimg.cc/K3vHQg7C

 

[Hickory n steel]

5 lb Kelly Perfect Dayton on a 36 inch https://postimg.cc/K3vHQg7C

You gotta use the hotlink for forums.

 

[junkenstien]

Thank you kindly.

 

[Square_peg]

5 lb Kelly Perfect Dayton on a 36 inch https://postimg.cc/K3vHQg7C

That's a nice axe!

 

[the-accumulator]

Winchester head on vintage Dunlap haft:








My goal was to preserve as much of the history as possible. I cleaned the head but didn't sharpen it, as I never plan to use it. I love the Dunlap haft, because, while it is a replacement, it's old and beautiful, and it's what came with the head. The patina and the grain orientation are great. Never mind the crack just below the head. I removed the damaged wood at the fawn's foot, shaved the shoulder a bit, and added a little stain to the raw wood. It's a peculiar size, like an oversized hatchet or an undersized boy's axe. I like it, and I hope you do, too. Thanks for watching. T-A