What did you rehang today?

Looks great...I know what you mean about the shoulder thinning as I did that recently with a Sager.
 
3 Hammers.
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Left to right: Niagara Tool Machine and Tool, WECO 8lb Sledge, and a ChannelLock ball pein hammer.

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WECO Sledge
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Channellock ball peen
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The handle was useable but the last owner drove a metal wedge into it and essentially removed enough wood that a crosswedge seemed like the only way to keep it on there.
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Niagara hammer
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The handle is made out of a nice piece of cherry wood. I had it left over from making a wood vise handle.

It’s pretty but I did split it some with the cross wedge – last strike with my mallet too.

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Good stuff. I have two of those Channellock ballpeins, one is 2.5lbs the other is 3lbs- the biggest ballpein that I have personally seen. I love it.
 
Smith that is a great looking axe. I like the swell on it - that takes a little time to do right.

Nice lines, sharp bit, great Jersey!
 
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Just finished hanging my new Walters Boy's Axe head. Honestly, it's on a pretty cheap Garant hickory handle with a less than ideal wedge I cut out of some scrap 2x4 I had on hand. I was mostly just keen to get the head on a handle so I can try and get out with it before the snow comes. And if it breaks or comes loose, then I'll just have a chance to do it better next time! ;)

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I was about to say that about the wedge, Repli, looks kind of weak, otherwise, beau travail! :)
 
I think that should work just fine. And that's the same philosophy I have with handles and hangs...if it doesn't work, I'll enjoy fixing it or re-doing it. :)
 
Yeah, the wedge is really nothing special, and neither is the handle. The grain orientation on it is around 45 degrees. I figure I'll use it till it breaks or loosens, learn something from it, then put on something much nicer on my second go!

Despite the crap wedge, the head's actually on there as firm as can be. Although I didn't invert the head to soak in BLO (yet, still might), I did saturate it with BLO for about 3 days (usually would add some thickly to the top 2-3 times a day, as it was absorbed). So the wedge and top of the handle are actually a bit swollen already.

I'm confident it should work well for now. And if it does end up loosening, it'll be a prime chance to learn a bit more about the processes involved! I'm a big believer that the best way to learn is through error, so that means doing, re-doing, and thinking all the time. :-)
 
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Yeah, the wedge is really nothing special, and neither is the handle. The grain orientation on it is around 45 degrees. I figure I'll use it till it breaks or loosens, learn something from it, then put on something much nicer on my second go!

Despite the crap wedge, the head's actually on there as firm as can be. Although I didn't invert the head to soak in BLO (yet, still might), I did saturate it with BLO for about 3 days (usually would add some thickly to the top 2-3 times a day, as it was absorbed). So the wedge and top of the handle are actually a bit swollen already.

I'm confident it should work well for now. And if it does end up loosening, it'll be a prime chance to learn a bit more about the processes involved! I'm a big believer that the best way to learn is through error, so that means doing, re-doing, and thinking all the time. :-)
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Good for you! That particular head hasn't seen the light of day, nor seen a file (nor cut or split a piece of wood) in 20+ years and now she's back on the road. My wedges are generally thin too; I don't use them as 'void fillers' either. You'll get good mileage out of that haft; diagonal grain is perfectly acceptable and I don't see any evidence of 'run out' along the length. And leaving the haft proud of the eye does allow for much easier disassembly if it ever works loose.
 
Supplee-Biddle 4 lber on a 32" hickory haft, my Uncle brought me some up when he was visiting from Florida, pretty different from what I'm used to shaping into a handle.
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DarthTaco - that looks great! Did you shape it from raw wood?

Lots of tempered bit on that one. Good picture as well. :thumbup:
 
Yep! My Uncle brought up a stave or two of Hickory from Florida, it doesn't grow here in Maine...at all. It's a bummer. Took my time and was careful and the end result isn't that bad!
 
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Yep! My Uncle brought up a stave or two of Hickory from Florida, it doesn't grow here in Maine...at all. It's a bummer. Took my time and was careful and the end result isn't that bad!
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That;s funny (as in interesting) as I see it everywhere here in MA. I'm not good enough to recognize individual types, but I know hickory when I see it. I have never had any in my yard, but just this year 4-5 started growing in my side yard. They literally were no there this past Spring. Maybe a squirrel let go in this area, who knows? Anyway, I am going to protect these. Not for the wood so much as the nuts. Maybe by the time I am entering early old age?
 
I'm honestly curious of Warren was making the axes for Supplee at this time? I can't seem to find much on who made the axes for Supplee-Biddle.
 
No rehang's today, but I repaired two. Figured this was the best place to put it. Both heads had cracks, I drilled at the end of each crack, notched them open, then had my father weld the cracks. got the outside ground own, need to hit the inside of them with a dremel. Then I'll be hanging them! Top is a TT Flint Edge, bottom is a sweet Collins Connecticut Pattern.
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