Edged tool restorations

Nicely done! Doing much axe swinging in the Summer down there?

 

I do have a woodshed to finish filling. Been saving some wood for a couple of axes I've been wanting to get hung.

 

Had to give up on the hog splitter sanding. My right elbow put up a big STOP sign. Dr Google calls it tennis elbow but I have an appointment with a real Dr in January. I’m gonna give it to my son for Christmas and ask him to bring it back when the weather warms up. I have all the rest of the needed sandpaper standing by,,,

 

I just read through this whole thread and figured that I should keep it alive. I enjoy rehabbing old axes and I do some sharpening and rehafting for a volunteer trail crew that I am a part of. Here is a picture of a Plumb Michigan pattern that I tuned up and put on a new House handle. It is next to an old Zenith that I put a handle in about 20 years ago. The plumb belongs to a good friend of mine.

 

Those look really nice!

 

This is where I ended up on my mirror finish hog splitter. I have much to do but must get my elbow fixed first.

 

Nice job! I would hate to have my wife chasing me with that!!

 

My axes and stuff, mostly yard sales. The walters black diamond is just about how i got it at a yard sale.. Amongst the saws are 2 Royal Chinooks, one as new.

 

Sweet double bit! Very nice saws also. Is the bottom saw an ice saw? Can't recall seeing a handle like that before.

 

that walters is a beauty

 

The ice saw handle turn 90 to use,, i just turned it for the wall mount,, they used to harvest ice from the lake here.
I have the saw sets also,,

 

Thanks,, 90yr old guy at a yard sale. dont think its been used.
I think Walter ended about 1972???

 

Here is a Collins cruiser that I cleaned up along with a True Trmper flint edge Pulaski. I bought them at an auction. The Pulaski went with me for a 2 week trail crew hitch in the Bob Marshall wilderness. I also rehabbed some pulaskis that the crew uses. These tools get used hard for 4 weeks a year.

 

Here they are more or less ready to go to work. As is often the case, I just jammed the project into my already cluttered workspace to get it done. Nothing like the tyranny of the urgent to make a schedule for you. I really do find it rewarding and relaxing to bring axes and such back to good working condition. I also enjoy the hunt for old tools to work on. I have a semi pitted Plumb Michigan pattern with phantom bevels on the workbench waiting for some time and motivation.

 

New handles on an old Blue Grass axe and a shingling hatchet. The Blue Grass is a sweet axe with excellent steel in it. The shingling or shake hatchet is a no-name but nice size and shape. Still have to do the small Norlund hatchet and the no-name house or boy's axe. Saving the adz for last. Will source a handle over the internet for that. No name on it either. Will probably try putting it to use at least enough to experience working with it!