Recent content by nathan_anthony

it being american sorry I didn't crop the quote, that would have been rather difficult on the phone I might add that the head fits almost perfectly on the spare handle I made for the other one. a bit snug, but very close

Well, I wouldn't be so sure about that. Here's the one I bought recently. The logo says "TANNENBAUM" That's German for Fir or Christmas tree. It's hard to say if it's of the same origin, but the shape is strikingly similar to the other one.

it is recessed. I took a Makro picture with my Lumia and did my best to scrape out the recessed areas with a soft piece of wood, I'm afraid this is the best I can do.

Well, I didn't find anything about the maker, but I found an axe head with a vaguely similar looking stamp. it should arrive this week, I'm gonna have a closer look and compare the two. ultimately there will be one of the two that I'm gonna use and one will get to retire on the wall.

no big I tried to find something in english and german, but had no luck, and I don't know any swedish wich might have been worth a shot but I guess so long as I don't know any specifics about it, it's basically Schrödingers axe it might be something rare and valuable, or just something an...

for the time being I will just use ballistol as it leaves me the option to change my mind later and it will prevent further corrosion I think leaving it as is also allows the oil to just soak in and protect the metal better there are entire musiems full of ballistol coated medival stuff, so it...

that kind of looks like a good guess can't find anything with these letters tho I'm starting to suspect that this might have been made by a small forge or something Sorry, I didn't know any better first time I read about the "Goosewing" was in this thread actually apperantly it could also be a...

yeah, somehow my phone makes the bevel black it had a straight handle, about 17" long the bevel is about 8.5" long, it has a double bevel and no flat side I guess the head weighs about 3 pounds, but that's just a guess.

something like this? sorry for bad quality, samsung camera is not very cooperative

Interesting I assume that's the difference in grain structure due to the hardening/temper process. What about surface coatings? I was thinking about evaporust and then put a phosphate coating on, then a light oil film or maybe boiled linseed oil. In other tests I had good success with phosphate...

why not? considering the current condition it could either be not that old(like maybe 40-50 years) or really old but well taken care of until I learn more about the details it's basically "Schrödingers Axt" then again, even new these things can go for a pretty penny what about surface coatings...

nope, not delaminating it's actually in pretty decent condition, jusdging by how old the handle looked waiting on evaporust to arrive I usually use phosphoric acid but I wanna try evaporust and bluing it afterwards what would you suggest for rust protection? I used boiled linseed oil in the...

Hello everybody! I got me a Broadaxe that I'm looking to restore a bit, but I'm really curious about the manufacturer as I don't recognize that logo. can anyone help?