SHOW ME YOUR AXES

[Czed]

What is this brew you speak of? Is there a ratio to vinegar and how long u let them soak ?

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I poured it straight checking it daily i think he said two day's does it
It's really rolling the bubble's now.
Going into the second day now still rolling bubble's and turning black
I will clean them tomorrow evening.

 

[Sty57]

Yup, just straight vinegar. It all depends on how bad they are. On how long I leave them in.

 

[Czed]

Check out my neighbors ergonomic homemade handles lol

 

[Czed]

I've been sanding down handles they are too flat so i sanded and rounded them they are very comfortable now.
Just test fitting now I'm still working on the handles i'm going to stain and seal them.

 

[Czed]

The bath worked great a couple were to rusted to read. the kelly perfect and kelly red warrior are more legible now the kelly cruiser is not stamped but you can see the heat treat lines perfectly now.

 

[leadfarmer]

How many days you let them soak

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[Czed]

Before the white vinegar pics.

 

[Czed]

How many days you let them soak

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Two day's.
a friend at work is supposed to bring me some he found he said they are very old i hope it's something interesting lol

 

[Sty57]

They look great Bud!
I love pulling them out for the first time to see how there cleaning up.

 

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Check out my neighbors ergonomic homemade handles lolView attachment 72084 View attachment 72085

Is your neighbor John Henry by any chance?

 

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Two day's.
a friend at work is supposed to bring me some he found he said they are very old i hope it's something interesting lol

They look great Bud!
I love pulling them out for the first time to see how there cleaning up.

Do you rinse the vinegar off? Do they have to be soaked in oil afterwards?

 

[Czed]

How many days you let them soak

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Another positive it equally removed rust on each side leaving all five axes extremely sharp not shaving sharp but close.
I'm not even going to re edge them they are perfect.

 

[Czed]

Do you rinse the vinegar off? Do they have to be soaked in oil afterwards?

I just used bar oil lol
I don't mind a little rust as long as it's smooth and don't hang up in wood.
That's why i didn't soak the other heads they had a nice patina and no rough rust.

 

[Czed]

Is your neighbor John Henry by any chance?

Just about made him sick when i told him i could get handles for 7.00 lol
They are extremely uncomfortable now unusable really at least to me they are.

 

[Sty57]

Do you rinse the vinegar off? Do they have to be soaked in oil afterwards?

I just wash them off with soap and water. Then oil them good.

I've gave them a coat with Linseed oil if it something that will sit around for awhile.

 

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Just about made him sick when i told him i could get handles for 7.00 lol
They are extremely uncomfortable now unusable really at least to me they are.

I saw a guy that had a beautiful Norlund hatchet that he paid a welding shop to cut the head off of a Estwing hammer and weld it on. He was just proud as punch of the nice collectible perfectly good hatchet job he had done, pun intended.

 

[Czed]

I saw a guy that had a beautiful Norlund hatchet that he paid a welding shop to cut the head off of a Estwing hammer and weld it on. He was just proud as punch of the nice collectible perfectly good hatchet job he had done, pun intended.

They oldtimers I've been talking to said any single bit was a felling or splitting wedge.
I'm guessing that's why i have found dozens of double bits and just a few single bits
I'm going to hit up some of the old loggers when i get time.

 

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Same fella is where I got most of the heads I now use. He did not believe a wood handle could be put on to stay. So the double bit Kelly Works, splitting maul, even a machinists hammer I made into a wedge pounder with a broken axe handle. The one pickaroon was found in the woods and I handled it and pinned that handle. The reason I put some red paint on is so it can be found in the woods and not lost.

 

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They oldtimers I've been talking to said any single bit was a felling or splitting wedge.
I'm guessing that's why i have found dozens of double bits and just a few single bits
I'm going to hit up some of the old loggers when i get time.

I think they also used to use them for bucking with a hand saw. drive 'em in the kerf to keep it open.

 

[Czed]

Finished up the three.
i used the fireaxe to split wood worked excellent good weight and profile the double and single are sharpened ready to use.
I used red mahogany and teak so i can spot my handles anywhere if one of my firewood friends tries to borrow them lol
One of them has my old Kelly's perfect i will get it back when we cut again.