Axe, Tomahawk & Hatchet Photo Thread

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Heres one I just got a few weeks ago from Steve Liley at Cold Creek Forge. Haven't gotten out to use it yet, but soon I hope.

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Good pic of my fingerprints on the haft ... lol

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who is the maker of the first axe, I have one and haven't seen that mark before except on the one I have, it looks like a man swinging an axe, closest I can find is west German made, but any idea on the maker? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks and good looking bunch of axes
 
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sorry that last post was for M3mphis, he posted a group of pics a while back and the axe in his first pic is the one in question. The post was from probably page 1 or 2 of this thread. Sorry for the response w/o quote to reference.
 
River warrior, I see you made it to Bozeman. I visited MR today. I hade my Helm Forge aka Storm Crow Wrecker in my pack but I didn't think to get a good photo op like you. It looks good.
 
A few hatchets I brought back to life. The one on the right is a Hults Bruk and the other I have not ID'd.

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Liberatus1 said:
Other than the Grans SFA and the Kershaw Camp Knife, what are we looking at here?
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The axe was a Keen Kutter. It was given to me but badly damaged. I cut the damaged parts off and made a freak out of it. The knife is an Aranyik E-nep K-1. It comes from Thailand.
 
It is oak. I picked it up at a Farm and Fleet, had it fitted before I noticed, It's a House Handle. I kind of like it.
 
Liberatus1 said:
It is oak. I picked it up at a Farm and Fleet, had it fitted before I noticed, It's a House Handle. I kind of like it.
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I like it. I have been wondering what the odd looking handles are in one of my local hardware stores and now that I've seen yours I am sure they are oak as well. I think I might try me one now. I just didn't realize they made them from oak and I think the gallon of lacquer on them is deceiving - makes me wonder if they can be requested when ordering online.
 
I would suspect you could request what you want from House Handle. They seem to be disposed to special orders. I really liked how the oak took the linseed oil. It took on a much deeper honey tone than the hickory does and one coat was all it took to be pretty good looking. I wonder about the strength of the oak vs. the hickory. The oak seems heavier and to be honest I haven't done my homework on the different wood used for handle, although I may try my first ash handle by using and old baseball bat. Thoughts?
 
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