Axe restoration thread

[dancan]

In the hot air plenum , just very warm to touch .
I left it in there for about 20 minutes , I figured that they didn't use space shuttle heat tile epoxy lol

 

[LondonNeil]

Yes I've been thoroughly enjoying reading about, and admiring the work you gents are doing

 

[dancan]

Well , I'm gonna rethink the rehang ,not much room for a good fit .

 

[Multifaceted]

Yes I've been thoroughly enjoying reading about, and admiring the work you gents are doing

I would love to see some vintage English axes!

Well , I'm gonna rethink the rehang ,not much room for a good fit .

Eh, you'll get it figured out - we always do!

 

[dancan]

I would love to see some vintage English axes!

Eh, you'll get it figured out - we always do!

Yup , I'm having an Ironside ale pondering the solution , it's looking like a new haft .

 

[Multifaceted]

Yup , I'm having an Ironside ale pondering the solution , it's looking like a new haft .

I'm having a pint of homebrew pale ale myself recovering from my earlier efforts. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why you like keeping the original handles? Maybe I have bad luck, but I've never found one on an old axe worth saving, so I usually just cut them off, drift them out, and hang on a new haft. I can't wait to see that finished!

 

[dancan]

This one was nice , not beat up , the axe was never sharpened and it was the original .
I've decided to replace it , I have a nice 36" VB Swinger that it's gonna get , I just finished scrapping the varnish off of it , time and weather permitting , rehang it this coming weekend .

 

[dancan]

The VB is a nice thin old school with real tight perfect grain but it has a tiny defect half way , the edge of a very small knot but I don't feel it will affect it in any way .

 

[Multifaceted]

Wholly cow, where are you finding these old, never used axes with perfect grain orientation??? I might have to drive up to Canada here soon... I understand now, and would probably do the same now that I think about it. Oh, boy - I can't wait to see it!

 

[dancan]

Funny story about that Hults , two years ago we (The wife and I) did one of the local route yearly yardsales and I spotted this axe , 10$ it was but they had some other tools and stuff so I bought the other stuff and said to myself "I've got plenty of Hults Bruks axes ..." so I left it behind .
The very next day , in the back of my mind , I remembered what a friend who's a picker told me a while back "You will always remember the deals you missed forever ."
Dammit , he was right lol
When this September rolled around and that yardsale weekend came I made a beeline to that house to see if it was still there ,,,, WOoT !!! 1o bucks

 

[dancan]

I see that this axe isn't being made anymore
http://www.hultafors.com/hand-tools/axes/felling-axe-hy-10/
It weighed out at 1.3kg which is almost 2.9lbs

 

[dancan]

Hmm ,
http://www.bushcraftcanada.com/axes/category.cfm?category=largeAxe&title=Large and Felling Axes

I guess there's a 3 1/2lb available .
That Montreal pattern looks sweet lol

 

[Multifaceted]

Love it. That's a good all-around weight.

 

[Multifaceted]

Hmm ,
http://www.bushcraftcanada.com/axes/category.cfm?category=largeAxe&title=Large and Felling Axes

I guess there's a 3 1/2lb available .
That Montreal pattern looks sweet lol

Aw, no shipping to the United States.... what a bummer! That seems like a nice vendor with some cool inventory....

So, that Montreal pattern seems very similar to a Hudson Bay pattern.

 

[dancan]

It'll be bigger .
It's kinda like my Black King or this unknown head .

 

[dancan]

Aw, no shipping to the United States.... what a bummer! That seems like a nice vendor with some cool inventory....

So, that Montreal pattern seems very similar to a Hudson Bay pattern.

I have an account with the Canadian distributor for Hultafors lol

 

[Multifaceted]

Ah, yes - I see now. It is different, the toe sweeps upwards whereas the Hudson Bay is flat across the top. Also, the poll isn't as square.

 

[dancan]

The Hudson Bay is more tomahawk shaped and not as wide where the haft goes through.

 

[rarefish383]

I'm having a pint of homebrew pale ale myself recovering from my earlier efforts. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why you like keeping the original handles? Maybe I have bad luck, but I've never found one on an old axe worth saving, so I usually just cut them off, drift them out, and hang on a new haft. I can't wait to see that finished!

I'm gonna have to come up and try some of that Pale Ale, but, just mentioning it, I remembered my daughters boy friend got me a Growler of a Triple IPA for Christmas. Heading for the fridge. I havent posted pics off my computer in a long while, so I don't know if this will work. The American Beauty on the left is pushing 100 years old on the original wood and the Collins next to it still has Genuine Collins Hickory printed on it, Joe.

 

[rarefish383]

Actually all 4 of these are the original wood, the gray rat is pretty weak and I think it's a Plumb, the far right I think is an old Craftsman and it's solid, Joe