SHOW ME YOUR AXES

[XP_Slinger]

Very cool looking ax. Is that your blood on the handle?

 

[ajschainsaws]

Very cool looking ax. Is that your blood on the handle?

yep the axe was pretty sharp

 

[ajschainsaws]

Finished it now all cleaned up

 

[ajschainsaws]

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[XP_Slinger]

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Nice looking burn and equally nice looking fit on the wedge. How did you profile the ends like that? Or; did it shave to fit as you drove it in?

 

[ajschainsaws]

Nice looking burn and equally nice looking fit on the wedge. How did you profile the ends like that? Or; did it shave to fit as you drove it in?

thanks when the handle has fitted down perfectly ready to wedge I draw a pencil line against the axehead then knock it off and get the 4 1/2 angle grinder with a 80 grit sanding disc and taper the wood down to the head to blend it in then fit the head again and put the heartwood hickory wedge in
I like the contrast between Ash handle and hickory wedge I've always cut my handles off flush
I don't know which is correct flush or 1/2" proud

 

[XP_Slinger]

I was actually talking about how the wedge is fit to that flare fills the gaps on each end.

 

[ajschainsaws]

I was actually talking about how the wedge is fit to that flare fills the gaps on each end.

ok right i usually get the wedge started and then hit it with a claw hammer left and right and itll split and fill the ends and as it is smacked down itll join up as it goes down and the thick end will fill the voids perfectly , if you work that wedge in right

 

[XP_Slinger]

ok right i usually get the wedge started and then hit it with a claw hammer left and right and itll split and fill the ends and as it is smacked down itll join up as it goes down and the thick end will fill the voids perfectly , if you work that wedge in right

Looks nice and tight. Nice work.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Here’s the next lot of wood I’ve cut out ready

 

[ajschainsaws]

some quarter sawn English air dried this piece of 4x4 timber was wrapped in hessian sack for several months stood up in the shed I ripped it back into three peices yesterday

 

[XP_Slinger]

Have you ever had any handles break with the grain oriented like that???

 

[ajschainsaws]

Have you ever had any handles break with the grain oriented like that???

Haven’t had any problems with the ash handles most are quarter cut but haven’t got a clue what the oak will react like , 1st time trying it in a handle

 

[ajschainsaws]

 

[XP_Slinger]

Haven’t had any problems with the ash handles most are quarter cut but haven’t got a clue what the oak will react like , 1st time trying it in a handle

I bet if the person swinging it knows how to use an axe and has good aim it will be ok. Tough to tell though. Oak is hard but not as stringy as kickory or ash

 

[RI Chevy]

Wow! That video was cool
Ax handles made by the hundreds.
I just want to add that the handles being spun looked much thinner than the copied handle. But really cool nonetheless. [emoji106]

 

[ARPILOT]

my new Wetterlings Hudson Bay and Small Hunters axe both showed up today.....had to share !

 

[XP_Slinger]

That is awesome. Kinda makes me second guess shaving handles lol

 

[XP_Slinger]

my new Wetterlings Hudson Bay and Small Hunters axe both showed up today.....had to share ! View attachment 101803View attachment 101804

Nice! I was drooling over them on amazon today. Even if I was buying I wouldn’t be able to decide which one I wanted more, I’d have to buy one of each lol

 

[ARPILOT]

Nice! I was drooling over them on amazon today. Even if I was buying I wouldn’t be able to decide which one I wanted more, I’d have to buy one of each lol

LOL I had that same problem !
hindsight being 20/20..... the large hunters axe is really a hatchet with a longer handle, it's smooth and sharp as you'd expect but the head is too light for anything other than mild to light camp chores.
but still happy to have it !