What did you rehang today?

Thank you. I bought the handle at local fair. Just shaped it to fit head. Shaped hand grooves. Oiled few times. And leather sheath is an old wallet I cut up and and put rivets in. And the leather Holster is for a revolver but the hatchet fit perfectly to hook up to belt or a pack.
 
tapRAQbang716 said:
My second time hanging a head. Came out ok. Gift for my brother.all comments welcome.

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Yeah, excellent tool. You can't buy cool like that.
 
tapRAQbang716 said:
My second time hanging a head. Came out ok. Gift for my brother.all comments welcome.
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Kelly Perfect is great steel. Your workmanship is good but you may not like my other comments.

I'd loose the steel wedge. Or if you use it drive it 90° to the wood wedge. The grips on the haft aren't helpful. The beveled swell has lost its function - it should get wider not taper off like that. The doily hanging from it is very pretty. Can you crochet one for my wife? She likes it.
 
Square_peg said:
The doily hanging from it is very pretty. Can you crochet one for my wife? She likes it.
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Ok, not sure why that is making me laugh this much.

tapRAQbang, this isn't directed at your tool but:

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I mean, if it's good enough for spare toilet paper and teapots...

Winter is coming :)

*great backyard btw
 
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Finish this one today except for finishing on sharpening as the handle is still a bit tacky and probably will add one more coat of Tru-oil.
 
Thanks all. This is the one I received a couple of days ago. It's a 3 1/2 lbs Gransfor and reuse the handle, it turned out real nice even though there is a slight twist to it.
This is what it look like when I got it.
 
Good job on the little hatchet Hacked. I just received a few handles today finally so I can do a couple more.
 
Thanks, this one actually feels surprisingly good in use. This is the second head I've hung on this handle. The first one I was never happy with. This is definitely not an axe to use standing up unless whatever you are working on is well elevated.

I know what you mean marbat I have 4 heads waiting to be hafted. I took a break for a while to focus on some other stuff. Hopefully I'll be ordering some new handles soon as well.

Here's a different type of handle I worked on recently.

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And another that I need to finish up.

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I just finished this for a friend, he said he wanted a DB and I had this head laying around. No markings other than B25 stamped on one side, eye ridges and traces of red paint lead me to believe it's a True Temper. He studies Viking history so I added a few runes for fun.

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Super clean looking wedge there Smith. :thumbup:

Do the runes say/mean anything? Not that it matters, of course.
 
The runes say Vidnarr, axe of Sven, Vidnarr was a son of Odin and it also means forest warrior or so says the internet. :) and the mans name who it was put together for is Sven.
 
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