Let's see your axes

[bdbecker]

Here is a much more important axe to me. This was owned by my great grandfather Ezekial Vincent Hatch of Ekalaka Montana (notice the initials). He built several log cabins in his lifetime probably with this axe. I need to clean it up and rehaft it. It currently has a short hatchet handle in it and it feels unbalanced. Should it have an axe handle?

I believe that is a broadaxe used for hewing. From your pics, it looks like the bit is only beveled on one side, correct? If so, a shorter handle is normal/correct.

https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/15627

I just picked up a similar head at ReStore on Saturday ($3!), so I've been reading about them the last few days.

EDIT:
lardy - it looks like you have a pair of broadaxes as well. I wonder if they are a LH and RH pair.

http://mudpondhewing.blogspot.com/2012/05/hewing-with-broad-axe-part-4-hewing.html

 

[lardy1]

I haven't checked orientation. Duh. I do see they are a different design. I really want to see if I can clarify the markings. The handle on the other may give an indication of how the handle might look on 83villagerepair's axe.

 

[83VillageRepair]

I believe that is a broadaxe used for hewing. From your pics, it looks like the bit is only beveled on one side, correct? If so, a shorter handle is normal/correct.

https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/15627

I just picked up a similar head at ReStore on Saturday ($3!), so I've been reading about them the last few days.

EDIT:
lardy - it looks like you have a pair of broadaxes as well. I wonder if they are a LH and RH pair.

http://mudpondhewing.blogspot.com/2012/05/hewing-with-broad-axe-part-4-hewing.html

Yes it is only chamfered/tapered on one side. It is also slightly offset/bent toward the tapered side. It looks like mine would be right handed. I see that beaver-tooth.com sells offset hewing broad axe handles so I will try one of those.

 

[bdbecker]

I haven't checked orientation. Duh. I do see they are a different design. I really want to see if I can clarify the markings...

For the last few years, I've been a big fan of white vinegar for rust removal, but lately I've been researching electrolysis tanks and am going to try it on my next project. The big advantage over vinegar is that electrolysis only removes the oxidation and does not affect the base material. If you have something that you are trying to preserve, wire brushing or chemical rust removal methods may not be the best option.

https://www.wwgoa.com/article/removing-rust-with-electrolysis/

 

[lardy1]

There was enough readable in the mark for me to trace the one axe to Douglas Axe Co. Apparently a Canadian company that sold in America under different names. Mine is an L. Quin. It seems they used employees names on their axes.

 

[Outlawmws]

Here is a much more important axe to me. This was owned by my great grandfather Ezekial Vincent Hatch of Ekalaka Montana (notice the initials). He built several log cabins in his lifetime probably with this axe. I need to clean it up and rehaft it. It currently has a short hatchet handle in it and it feels unbalanced. Should it have an axe handle?

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I believe that is a broadaxe used for hewing. From your pics, it looks like the bit is only beveled on one side, correct? If so, a shorter handle is normal/correct.

https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/15627

I just picked up a similar head at ReStore on Saturday ($3!), so I've been reading about them the last few days.

EDIT:
lardy - it looks like you have a pair of broadaxes as well. I wonder if they are a LH and RH pair.

http://mudpondhewing.blogspot.com/2012/05/hewing-with-broad-axe-part-4-hewing.html

Yep Hewing style hatchet. I have around a dozen of them. Most if not all have a hardened steel insert inlaid into the blade and usually the hammer face. Hard to get a keen edge on, but holds it VERY well! My favorite axe head. usually they have a short hatchet handle, I have two I hafted with 28" handles. Most are RH I have 2 lefts.

The E tank is probably the best for derusting and will make the inlaid parts stand out.

 

[lardy1]

I think it's time I built an electrolysis tank. Do any of you vets suggest a preservative? I already have Fluid Film and Boeshield. I've been wanting to try Flood Penetrol.

 

[va.grouseman]

Try BLO. Boiled Linseed Oil.

 

[lardy1]

BLO works well on my old vise. Should work on an axe.

 

[Outlawmws]

I usually/often rinse with very hot water, dry, and follow with a Bernz-O-Matic to finalize the dry - then your choice of protection; BLO, oil, Paste wax, the list is near endless... BLO has an advantage of you can paint right over it...

 

[Miller72]

Supplee Hardware Co. 1889-1905
Philadelphia PA
4lb double bit
1899...I believe the 99 stamp denotes the year the axe was made
Stamped with initial "F"

 

[bargainhuntingking]

Rusted 3.5lb Plumb head that I bought for ~$6 at Habitat, gave it a vinegar bath and cleaned it up, just rehafted tonight on a 28" hickory handle:

 

[didit]

From my Grandma's gardening tools. She used the cut down bayonet for pulling dandelions and kept the Tomahawk with it as a set. They have been hanging in my garages for more than 50 years now and still get used quite a bit.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

What did she use the No. 99 Tomahawk Tool for? Throwing at squirrels? Good story. Bridgeport must've made a gazillion of them. They're an iconic do-everything tool. I have two from the 60s that I use and one much older with a nice BHM logo like your Grandma's that I treat as a collectible.

 

[didit]

What did she use the No. 99 Tomahawk Tool for? Throwing at squirrels? Good story. Bridgeport must've made a gazillion of them. They're an iconic do-everything tool. I have two from the 60s that I use and one much older with a nice BHM logo like your Grandma's that I treat as a collectible.

Not sure what she used the No. 99 for but I still use it plenty. They are very handy to have around. I still have her 32 vest pocket revolver and rod & reel too. Her dad owned a grocery store on Woodward Avenue in Detroit and when she married my granddad she brought the gun with her to Canada. I ground down the firing pin and welded the barrel solid and just keep it as a memento.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Bought this thinking it was an 80's Craftsman, but the logo is underlined which looks more like the 1930s logo. Anyone agree or have more knowledge than me and want to take a guess?

Picture is next to another axe I bought to show the pattern difference.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yeah, I'd say 30's, 40's

 

[Hawk136439]

Just got this last week and started painting the handle over the weekend.

 

[toolaholic]

The axe was with ace coupons and points. The hatchet was a ace “if it fits in bag “sale.

 

[bdbecker]

You'll like that hatchet. Before I got into old axes, I had bought a Fiskars X7 for hunting/camping use. Still my go-to for those tasks, and one of my favorites to use.

 

[_Ace_]

My grandfathers old hatchet that i just breathed some new life into.

 

[Hawk136439]

Finished painting the new axe during the week and managed to snap a picture of the old and new together this weekend!

 

[AldeanFan]

Last day I was in the office before lockdown I stopped at the hardware store for some supplies and picked up these three handles.
The heads I had accumulated over the years and don’t remember from where.
The of one still has a chip I need to work on.


Next job is to clean up these two hatchets.
The one on top my dad bought for me at an auction when I was in scouts about 25 years ago. The other one I picked up about 5 years ago at an auction and plan to give it to my son some day, he’s 4 now.





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[Bigblockyeti]

I picked up this Sager (Chemical?) axe a few years ago but I'm not sold on it's authenticity. The font looks off and there's no company insignia. I didn't pay a mint for it like I'm seeing what some dreamers want on eBay but it wasn't free either. Any experts care to weigh in in?

 

[d.mcfarland]

First photo is the listing from eBay where I got this axe head. The wedge was made from purple heart. The most time consuming part of this was grinding the unwanted metal away from the head without letting it heat up. It was cold blued for rust protection.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Re: Let's see your axe's

it looks pretty nice, do you have any video showing how works your axe?

I do not, but others might have one's that they made.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Thank you! The other rusty axe in the picture is next.

 

[ooba tooba]

A few of mine

 

[Outlawmws]

Splitting Mauls?

 

[steaks&anvils]

Splitting Mauls?

 

[va.grouseman]

I believe Pete Townshend could have split wood with his.---He could really swing a guitar.

 

[davewo]

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[Outlawmws]

That came out great! How wide is the head?

I'm probably going to make a kindling splitting "anvil" for camping. where you set the wood on the blade and pound the wood to split it.

Way safer for the average person, and I should be able to keep it small and a guard no higher than the blade - for the nitwit that trips and falls on it...

 

[davewo]

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[2oolhound]

Dave, that is beautiful. Do you hang it on the living room wall when you're not using it?

 

[davewo]

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[Bigblockyeti]

Dave, that forging project turned out fantastic! Grandpa's old Estwing still looks to be in great shape too. I had a black fireside friend with the leather cord wrapped handle and lost it camping ~15 years ago. I bought it in a lot of tools from a garage sale so I assumed incorrectly that it wouldn't be more than $20 or so to replace it. Had I known it floats between $50 & $65 new I would have looked after it a little closer.