Hickory n steel
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I've been a chainsaw guy for years but just got introduced to the world of Axes. I procured a few cheap axe heads to learn to hang and this is one of the first nice ones I tried. I bought the head already finished and went with a painted half handle and BLO.
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I first tried stain on the lower part of the handle but I haven't had good luck with stain on these hickory handles so I ended up using paint. I had some bleed through under the tape that I need to clean up.
It's so pretty now I'm not sure I want to use it.
It looks good, but the paint may cause blisters if your not wearing gloves.
The problem with that, us that you get more feedback when you're gloveless.