What did you rehang today?

[jblyttle]

Also, I teased those NOS handles so hard I thought for sure that someone would notice them LOL!

 

[300Six]

What is an undercutter?

There is an entire thread devoted to this currently. Undercutter is a Pulaski-like n. American axe (Walthers PQ non-patented creation!) that came out in the 1930s to assist in making better use of primitive gasoline-powered horizontal cut chain-saws.

 

[Agent_H]

Great looking axe and haft. Really fine work.

Thanks Square_peg. I’ve been off the computer for a couple of days. Well, I’ve been on a computer more than usual at work but not for my entertainment. Feedback is always appreciated.

I don't think of it as profiting, I look at it as "funding my addiction". Honestly speaking, finding stuff is at least as much fun for me as having stuff. I keep my favorites and also other tools that I just need like saws and grinders, files etc. but everything else pays for the few I keep plus my time.

Also, it's especially fun to send something to a forum member and have them be thrilled with it. That has happened many times, and the shared appreciation is very cool.

This isn't just lip-service. I know several of us that share that sentiment.

I haven’t had any issues with the “Collins in a box” marked axes. Got a chance to visit a friend who I gave a restored Michigan pattern, split some rounds then resharpened it. Fixed his vise at the same time. I also like the swell on that handle. Kind of the same shape as this one here which I find pretty comfortable to use:

Hangings

Great looking tools JB!

 

[cityofthesouth]

Wow everybody ... really nice work. You guys are making me jealous, now I need something new to work on.

 

[jblyttle]

More refinishes, a large Collins hatchet and a Union Tool Co ballpein.

 

[vanwag44]

Hung this broadaxe today after refinishingView attachment 592737View attachment 592738View attachment 592739View attachment 592740

 

[Agent_H]

Vanwag, I can't seem to open your attachments. Curious though.

 

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[JonathanCharles]

Hey Vanwag, sweet, beautiful axe. Just out of curiosity, why is the handle so long? What do you use it for?

 

[jblyttle]

Hey Vanwag, sweet, beautiful axe. Just out of curiosity, why is the handle so long? What do you use it for?

It looks like maybe an axe eye maul handle, probably using the best option on hand is my guess. It can always be shortened, or left alone if a wall hanger.

 

[Agent_H]

Cool crosswedge vanwag. Is it set up for left hand use?

 

[vanwag44]

Hey Vanwag, sweet, beautiful axe. Just out of curiosity, why is the handle so long? What do you use it for?

It's a standard 36 inch broadaxe handle from beaver tooth, the angle of the picture just makes it look longer than it is.

 

[vanwag44]

Cool crosswedge vanwag. Is it set up for left hand use?

Thanks! Thats a tricky question, if a log is facing me at a 90 degree, I would have to cut the left side first then come back for the right, but it feels natural even being right handed. The pic showing it with the flat side down on the floor, the handle or offshoot raises up off the floor. I tried the other side first but it felt odd. Broadaxes are a weird bunch.

 

[Square_peg]

Cool crosswedge vanwag. Is it set up for left hand use?

I think slightly more people would call that a right hand hang though I prefer the opposite hang as a right hander. The reality is that hewing preference doesn't have a strong relationship to right or left handedness. I believe that those who pick up hewing after little or no other trade experience will more often put their dominant hand forward on the hewing axe. Those who take up hewing after many years of swinging a hammer will put their dominant hand at the end of the haft out of habit.

 

[quinton]

I think slightly more people would call that a right hand hang though I prefer the opposite hang as a right hander. The reality is that hewing preference doesn't have a strong relationship to right or left handedness. I believe that those who pick up hewing after little or no other trade experience will more often put their dominant hand forward on the hewing axe. Those who take up hewing after many years of swinging a hammer will put their dominant hand at the end of the haft out of habit.

Eye dominance plays in here also. Just like shooting a gun.

 

[Agent_H]

I think slightly more people would call that a right hand hang though I prefer the opposite hang as a right hander. The reality is that hewing preference doesn't have a strong relationship to right or left handedness. I believe that those who pick up hewing after little or no other trade experience will more often put their dominant hand forward on the hewing axe. Those who take up hewing after many years of swinging a hammer will put their dominant hand at the end of the haft out of habit.

And this:

Eye dominance plays in here also. Just like shooting a gun.

I’ve only used a hewing hatchet to shape posts and that was of course with my dominant hand. As far as a full-sized hewing axe goes, I think these two responses are very interesting – thank you.

 

[jblyttle]

I did these two last night. The hatchet is a 1.75-2lb Kelly Axe & Tool Works head on an 18" House Handle with cherry wedge. That's for you Square_peg. The hammer is a 2lb head of a wonderful and unusual shape on a reshaped portion of old sledge handle, purpleheart wedge. Both need more BLO but are essentially done. Sorry I only have a "before" pic of the hammer.