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First, yes, in the eyes of a rational person, I might have a problem.
About a month ago I spent some time on the shore of the Missisquoi river in Highgate, Vermont. Specifically, on the edge of the old Rixford plant (the foundation still exists). The water was low, and I poked around the edges of the river and pulled out 6 axes! There's tons of 'it was amazing to be there' and 'I got to visit the grave site where all 5 generations of Rixfords are buried' and 'picked up some Rixford scythes a few miles from the old plant" stories, but this is about cleaning up axes found in a river.
I have a picture of 'as found' below. I've done some cleaning since, and will share more pics, but I'm curious about people's tips/tricks cleaning these beasts. BTW, only one of the six is close to being usable as an axe. I've started plans to maybe split one or two in half and make kitchen choppers with the 3-4 inches of the blade.
This is a photo(ish) of the old plant
This is me standing on the bridge in the old photo(ish) 2020.
About a month ago I spent some time on the shore of the Missisquoi river in Highgate, Vermont. Specifically, on the edge of the old Rixford plant (the foundation still exists). The water was low, and I poked around the edges of the river and pulled out 6 axes! There's tons of 'it was amazing to be there' and 'I got to visit the grave site where all 5 generations of Rixfords are buried' and 'picked up some Rixford scythes a few miles from the old plant" stories, but this is about cleaning up axes found in a river.
I have a picture of 'as found' below. I've done some cleaning since, and will share more pics, but I'm curious about people's tips/tricks cleaning these beasts. BTW, only one of the six is close to being usable as an axe. I've started plans to maybe split one or two in half and make kitchen choppers with the 3-4 inches of the blade.
This is a photo(ish) of the old plant
This is me standing on the bridge in the old photo(ish) 2020.
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