Hand Making Axe Handles

[ajschainsaws]

 

[XP_Slinger]

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Lookin good. How long is it?

 

[ajschainsaws]

Lookin good. How long is it?

Thanks it’s coming along It’s 37” at the moment not the easiest wood too Work with though

 

[RI Chevy]

How about weight?

 

[ajschainsaws]

How about weight?

It’s heavy but gotta slim it it down about 1/4” I would say it’s as heavy as green oak

 

[RI Chevy]

Wow. Ok. Good.

 

[Cracker Boy]

That bamboo is densw chit.they say alaskan cedar is hard to work with too

 

[RI Chevy]

If it is anything like flooring, it is very very dense material. Usually has some sort of epoxy type straightening material mixed in on stacked end grains. Hard stuff.

 

[Cracker Boy]

I got a bamboo cutting board its harder then maple or oak.i remember day my wife bought that heavy *b-word i had to carry it all over the damn mall.

 

[Wilhelm]

My uncle made me two handles for my favorite ax as a "Thank You" for bucking his firewood logs.

The longer one is made from 5 years old seasoned locust and the shorter one is oak.
The oak handle is a little shy of 40" and the locust one is about 42".



I would love to get a Cornelian Cherry handle made, it has some serious density - but it isn't easy to find a straight and long enough piece around my area.

 

[heritageguy20051]

My uncle made me two handles for my favorite ax as a "Thank You" for bucking his firewood logs.

The longer one is made from 5 years old seasoned locust and the shorter one is oak.
The oak handle is a little shy of 40" and the locust one is about 42".
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I would love to get a Cornelian Cherry handle made, it has some serious density - but it isn't easy to find a straight and long enough piece around my area.

That's a very cool axe!

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[Wilhelm]

That's a very cool axe!

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So I have been told.
And it splits rounds like nothing I ever encountered so far.
There are more pictures and videos of it in the "show your ax" thread (which I can't find at the moment).

Videos of the ax in action can also be found here
http://opeforum.com/threads/wilhelm-on-youtube-this-is-my-channel.8653/

 

[heritageguy20051]

This thread just keeps getting better by the day.

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[RI Chevy]

Here you go Wilheim.

 

[Wilhelm]

Here you go Wilheim.

Thanks!

I have the pictures on my desktop PC, I'm right now on my tablet PC though.

Also couldn't find the ax thread, thought I had it on my watch list but I don't.

 

[RI Chevy]

"Show me your Axes."
Hand held section of the forum.

 

[jakethesnake]

My uncle made me two handles for my favorite ax as a "Thank You" for bucking his firewood logs.

The longer one is made from 5 years old seasoned locust and the shorter one is oak.
The oak handle is a little shy of 40" and the locust one is about 42".
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I would love to get a Cornelian Cherry handle made, it has some serious density - but it isn't easy to find a straight and long enough piece around my area.

You wedge that two ways or does it have a pin through it?

 

[jakethesnake]

Thanks!

I have the pictures on my desktop PC, I'm right now on my tablet PC though.

Also couldn't find the ax thread, thought I had it on my watch list but I don't.

Also where’d you get that thing. Looks like it was designed to kill dragons I like it

 

[RI Chevy]

Looks like a medieval design. Lol

 

[Wilhelm]

You wedge that two ways or does it have a pin through it?

I smack a steel wedge in till the handle starts "singing", drill a hole through the wedge and secure it with a nail that I peen over on the exit side.
I drilled the ax head to have holes going through both sides and made a small countersink for the nails head and the peened side.
Works pretty well, no more loosing the wedge at the most inconvenient moment.

Also where’d you get that thing. Looks like it was designed to kill dragons I like it

It seems to be a rather local design.
Try searching images on Google for "bosanska sjekira" , mine is very close to that design.
It seems that these can almost exclusively be had from blacksmiths.

Mine is closest to image number 2, Bosanska


The wide eye is somewhat of an issue when one needs to replace the handle as the handles sold in shops have a much narrower eye end.

I got mine in my teenage years, over two decades ago.