SHOW ME YOUR AXES

[ajschainsaws]

I just finished another, this one is a big almost 5# single bit not sure who made it but it's old. View attachment 267010 View attachment 267011

Theres not much that axe wont split

 

[ajschainsaws]

Picked these up yesterday, very happy.
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Good score nice heads they should turn out pretty nice

 

[ajschainsaws]

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Like that wide cutting edge

 

[ajschainsaws]

Started cleaning heads in an electrolysis tank today, works great, will do more tomorrow.
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Started cleaning heads in an electrolysis tank today, works great, will do more tomorrow.
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Another pair that'll smash wood

 

[ajschainsaws]

Do they call this head a hewing axe or something else @justoldsaws

 

[justoldsaws]

Do they call this head a hewing axe or something else @justoldsaws

Yes its a hewing axe

 

[justoldsaws]

Spent a little time at work tonight on the linisher cleaning up the working edge on some heads, these were just roughed in and will be finished at home with a flat file.

 

[Ron660]

Spent a little time at work tonight on the linisher cleaning up the working edge on some heads, these were just roughed in and will be finished at home with a flat file.
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Looks nice. What’s the weight of the bigger one?

 

[justoldsaws]

Looks nice. What’s the weight of the bigger one?

Its a 5lb Elwell

 

[Ron660]

Its a 5lb Elwell

Big Daddy. That’ll thrown some chips or be a good splitter.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Spent a little time at work tonight on the linisher cleaning up the working edge on some heads, these were just roughed in and will be finished at home with a flat file.
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There looking pretty darn good

 

[JT78]

Happy Thanksgiving here are a couple more axes I just finished.

 

[Vice]

View attachment 235165 View attachment 235166 View attachment 235167 View attachment 235168 View attachment 235169 Couple of pictures from tools my Dad gave me this week.
Walters Black Diamond small axe. V&B hatchet and Plumb hammer.

That pattern axe is beautiful!

I got to get around to taking some pictures of my axes, mostly carving axes

 

[JT78]

I want to turn these more of a blackened color should I use some perma blue? Not sure if I should leave them as is and put linseed oil on them or blue them, also don't know what other inexpensive options I have?

 

[Mkinslow]

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I want to turn these more of a blackened color should I use some perma blue? Not sure if I should leave them as is and put linseed oil on them or blue them, also don't know what other inexpensive options I have?

Anything vinegar based will turn them darker. Oranges, potatoes, onions, limes. But gun blue is fastest and lasts longer

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[JT78]

Anything vinegar based will turn them darker. Oranges, potatoes, onions, limes. But gun blue is fastest and lasts longer

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I soaked them in white vinegar and scrubbed them before the picture to get rid of the rust. I will try the blueing agent and report back with pics. Thanks

 

[Mkinslow]

I soaked them in white vinegar and scrubbed them before the picture to get rid of the rust. I will try the blueing agent and report back with pics. Thanks

If you put it in vinegar, let it soak for about a day or less,take them out and let them dry before you wipe them off ,most of the black patina will stay on them. But the blueing agent will work

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[Vice]

Anything vinegar based will turn them darker. Oranges, potatoes, onions, limes. But gun blue is fastest and lasts longer

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I was going to say some white vinegar and a big batch of olde files, steal wool

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I want to turn these more of a blackened color should I use some perma blue? Not sure if I should leave them as is and put linseed oil on them or blue them, also don't know what other inexpensive options I have?

every time I see a double bit axe I think of an ole friend of my dads who was a loggger that logged by hand and horse for his grandfather that didn’t believe in power tools. He was as tuff as they get, when you shook his hand your hand would get enveloped by something I can’t really explain. He told me for his 14th birth day he wanted a double bit axe. The first day swinging it to limb some low hemlock branches, he over shot and hit the springy branch with the half and it came back and hit him in the forehead. He but his bandana around it and went back to work. I was always scared to use one

 

[JT78]

Just finished up an old sager she weighed in at over 4.5 lbs on the scale before I hafted her. I also thinned the handle a bit towards the end and man she is a chopper and splitter.

 

[JT78]

Also tried some gun blue on the old Zenith mixed results, I think I need to heat it up more first.