I really like the style of this particular head! And a $5 yard sale find......awesome! It all looks great now, head and handle. Does it seem to be good steel?
I haven't gotten around to sharpen it yet , I prefer to do all this work on a dull ax but the poll had reasonable hardness from the filing I did to clean up the burrs so I'm confident it'll be a keeper
Can anyone help me identify this one? No markings that I can find. Don't know if it's pertinent, but I got it when I bought my house from a fire captain who was a collector of fire department related stuff. I also inherited a hydrant.
My latest 10$ ax I had a friend pick it up for me , the owner sent me a note I'm pretty sure it's an Ochenkopf 3kg splitter .
That smaller one looks like it'd be a good skinner and chopper for wild game and wood. Plus light enough to carry on your belt. Gransfors bruks is by far the best steel I've used in an axe.
Here's the next resto https://goo.gl/photos/1EumgtXfnDLZAwaK8 A 5$ 3lb Wetterlings . For some reason I can't get that pic to post up ?
Dude , that's a great pic , you should submit that in for the FHC 2018 Calendar here Help Us Make A FHC 2018 Calendar Or you could get the rest of em out and take another pic and submit
Last years Christmas present Council tool felling axe I think it's 4 1/2 lb complete with laser engraved initials.... Grandpas old Lion Brand axe I re handled and use quite a bit By the way yes I was in the woodpile at 630 this morning splitting and snapped these pics
OK folks, I'm a saw guy with an interest in sharp stuff. I found a plumb double bit axe at a sale over the weekend $ 2.00. Needs to be sharpened & rehandled. I'll post a pic when I can, meanwhile, what are your thoughts on the brand, & how to pick a good handle. Has a real good solid feel to it. Thanks for the opinions.
I like Plumb, not a big fan of a Collins Axe, and of course love Snow and Neally. I like the Plumb because I felt it held an edge well for an axe that was mass produced and relatively inexpensive, the Collins was just plain too soft, and the Snow and Neally brand because it is a local axe maker here in Maine. Being a Maine logger I have cut many ash logs for an Ames Sawmill for their handles, Snow and Neally and Peavy, but none lately I admit. The Ames sawmill has closed, I am not even sure if Snow and Neally produce US made tools anymore, and Peavy is but a shadow of what it once was. As for photos of axes, here is mine, taken more for an art-type photo than the axe with cracked handle, but it is interesting.
I missed this thread. Here's my ax but it's never bitten a piece of wood. Looks more like something Gimli would use to cleave orc heads. The handle is all metal and is wrapped in some kind of canvas cloth. It's extremely sharp.
