Yew stave, handle, and the DIN 5131 600 single bevel hatchet head. There is also a hammer head that Kevin sent that didn't make it into the first photo shoot. I'll get up here as well.
Sharp side
I contemplated carving a handle for it modeled after a GB carving hatchet:
DINing by
Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr
The handle that Kevin sent seemed to be a more “fitting” choice being as he sent it intended for that hatchet. I liked the rougher tool marks on it so I did minimal shaping and just sanded it some. I really don't own that many hatchets. Most of my work is done with a boy's or full-size axe so this one is for woodworking more than processing- and it is sharp. When I get a couple of minutes I plan to try it out for handle roughing with some of the wood I have - an axe to make axes
The yew stave is just the right size to make a handle for a Kellokoski 61.2 or maybe even two separate hatchet handles - that will be super fun in and of itself. Getting a piece of locally sourced wood was a cool surprise.
The wedge was made from the same wood I used to carve the handle for a Russian axe – I think it’s birch. Seems a touch softer than the handle wood. The whole package is taking up all the BLO I can throw at it.
Fine DINing 600 by
Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr
Fine DINing 600 2 by
Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr
It went with me this weekend and the several people who picked it up didn't want to put it down. In fact, my brother "forgot it" in the gunwales of his boat - little salt air seasoning.
Buying things is always impersonal, trading things can be fun if both parties are on the same page. Kevin also put me in touch with a cool tool guy that offered me a large hewing axe for a price I couldn't pass up - a price I wouldn't have passed up for a pick-up here even with the international shipping. I'll get that up here as well when it arrives.
Now I want to see what Kevin has done with the Kent pattern that finally made it to the Netherlands!