What did you rehang today?

[jblyttle]

I am a fan of heartwood in a handle, I love the look and this 28" House Handle was made for this 2.75lb head. The hammer handle I made with hand tools from part of a maple branch that we took down in the yard last year. Just for fun, just to do it.

 

[Agent_H]

That looks great- looks like a serious tool there Marbat!

Ridges in the eye and ears made this one a little more work.

That is nice wedge work. Ridges make for a challenge sometimes (most of the time for me). Are you left-handed by any chance?

Great work on both JB, I especially like that you made the handle for the hammer out of the maple you took out. :thumbup:
This photo "struck" me as interesting - looks like it is coming at the camera in a swing.

 

[rockman0]

Well Agent H if I decide to use my hewing hatchet I'll be left handed. When I was fitting the head I was thinking backwards. Common occurrence for me. I was sitting here last night looking at it when it dawned on me I hung it for a lefty.

 

[rockman0]

Great job on the maple hammer handle!

 

[rockman0]

I had to get this one done today or it would have been October before I would have a day open to hang it. I just couldn't wait that long. My sharpening job isn't pretty but this Plumb sure took a razor sharp edge. The last file I put on it was an old Nicholson 6" fine cut. It did the deed. 28" House Handle. It sure was fat. Thinned it out but left the foot fat. I have big hands so that works for me.

 

[marbat]

Some fine hangs there. Hopefully I get my handles in this week, have two to hang.

 

[jblyttle]

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I'm glad that one found the right home, looks fantastic.

 

[rockman0]

I'm glad that one found the right home, looks fantastic.

Thanks JB, I'm looking forward to using this one.

 

[Square_peg]

Ridges in the eye and ears made this one a little more work. Spent over an hour filing the bevel off the flat side. Enjoyed the work and it's rewarding bringing one back to a useful state.

That's some nice file work there. Well done.

 

[Square_peg]

I'd call that a cedar pattern with a beveled poll.

 

[rockman0]

That's some nice file work there. Well done.

Thanks Square peg. And you are right. The Plumb is a cedar pattern just like my scout hatchet. Those polls always put me in mind of the rafting axe.

 

[300Six]

Thanks Square peg. And you are right. The Plumb is a cedar pattern just like my scout hatchet. Those polls always put me in mind of the rafting axe.

Perhaps this is semantics but I'm pretty sure the polls on these 3.2 lb Plumb Cedar pattern heads are hardened and can therefore also be referred to as a 'rafting/construction/mining' axe, despite their not being 4-6 lb in weight and not endowed with a straight haft.

 

[CedarEater]

I don't believe cedar patterns came standard with hardened poles. I recently acquired a full-size Plumb cedar pattern that had some light mushrooming on the pole. If it were hardened that would have been chipping if the pole were damaged. I also dropped that one in vinegar which also showed no hardening of the pole while a clearly visible line was showing on the cheeks. I have seen other cedars without hardened poles too. So, just because the pole looks the same as a rafting axe does not mean that it is hardened.

 

[rockman0]

My Pferd says the boys axe is not hardened but the scout is.

 

[Sturubu]

This is the little guy I've been working on - it is definitely less than 2 lbs. I had to trim a good chunk off the handle in order to re-use it, I think there was about another 1.5 lbs of nails shoved in there. Now on to making an edge!

 

[Square_peg]

My Pferd says the boys axe is not hardened but the scout is.

The file doesn't lie.

 

[Agent_H]

I'm curious as well. This is a 3.5# Plumb that lived its life as a hammer. It has the beveled poll and fits the general description of a rafting axe or at least what I previously thought of as an axe with a hardened poll.

The striking damage doesn't look like a chipped hammer face or the hardened poll of a hewing hatchet I have here.

Maybe those are different from the poll of a rafting axe and not a good comparison.

This one is marked on what I'd call the opposite side. Are all of the cedar patterns like these marked that side? Probably nothing.

If I remember right, a small hatchet version I looked at here was marked on the more common side and the mark itself had horizontal lines across it. Difference in production?

 

[rockman0]

Interesting observation Agent H. The Plumb logo on my scout hatchet is on the opposite side from the boys axe and it's on the cheek rather than the poll. Maybe just a difference in manufacturing practices at different times or not.

 

[300Six]

The cedar pattern 3.2 Plumb I have is essentially unused. Perhaps I should try to remove the head and send it out for poll tempering (if it doesn't pass the file test). Certainly the poll on these is generous in height and girth compared to an ordinary axe.

 

[tapRAQbang716]

My second time hanging a head. Came out ok. Gift for my brother.all comments welcome.