Axe, Tomahawk & Hatchet Photo Thread

[halfaxe]

Nice handles G. Do you have pattern handles, or do you carve them freehand?

 

[G-pig]

Nah. I save some (actually all,but not all for this reason) that I like certain things about, the swell shape, cross section, etc. Most of the time I try to incorporate different traits into a handle to mesh with the axe. That Jersey, for example, needed a lot of offset thanks to a rather none existent poll. A lot of Maine patterns I hang on very straight handles, since they tend to have very massive polls and short bits. So it's all a matter of rolling with what the axe head needs from the handle..

Not unlike the Rutles, I do utilize the illusory effects of good tea. The handles can get whacky on that stuff!

 

[cooperhill]

a few new ones. TT Flint edge 1 1/4 on a 18" ash handle







Collins box logo 1 1/4 on a 24" ash handle





together

 

[Square_peg]

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You're doing some really beautiful work, Cedar! Big kudos.

 

[Square_peg]

couple new ones

Love the look of those swells. I bet they feel just as good as they look.

 

[mewolf1]

Yup, they need more attention.







My latest additions

 

[Ramonr]

Nice collection of draw knives !!!

 

[G-pig]

/\/\ I like that wicked wombo sized draw knife you got there.

 

[mewolf1]

Thanks guys. The biggest draw knife has a 13 3/4" cutting surface and is 20" handle tip to tip.

 

[Final Option]

Great collection mewolf1, thanks for sharing. I started cleaning up some our old farm hand tools, here is my Norlund axe before and after.

 

[Ramonr]

awesome job.

 

[Odd Ogg]

That is just FANTASTIC!

 

[Charlie_K]

At the moment this is all I have in the was of an axe.


And this is my recently acquired tomahawk.

 

[cooperhill]

little belt hatchet

 

[333.okh]

 

[bearhunter]

That's a real looker

Any markings?

Is that a House Handle? If so I've got 3 of those in 32" with heads picked out for them that I've had forever and haven't gotten off my lazy a$$ and hung yet

 

[KYenglish]

 

[cooperhill]

333.okh that's a nice look to those handles. did you burnish it somehow?

 

[333.okh]

Vaughan Sub_zero Sportsmans Axe 1/2 pound

Re-contoured handle and rounded the poll for skinning...It will be burnished/flame hardened later. That is a 22 Magnum cartridge in the photo. These things are shockingly small. So small I didn't have any use for it when it showed up. My mistake. Nice metal in the head though.

 

[upnorth]