What did you rehang today?

Hickory n steel said:
Way to go, looks like it should have amazing balance.
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Thanks and you are spot on, it feels great!

I look forward to taking it out for a test run tomorrow. It may become my new favorite, defiently taking her with me on my next firewood gathering.

Check out the Walnut wedge courtesy of Mr Brian Rust!!

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Yes sir...I cant wait.:cool::thumbsup:
 
Miller '72 said:
Found a little time today and zeroed in on this...

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•3lb. Swamper
•25" Adirondack
•Walnut Wedge
•4&1/8 lb. Total

1/2 quart BLO and this poor old handle is still thirsty...she soaks it up before I can put her down to dry lol!
I hammered in hickory wedges in thru the eye from the shoulder to make up the gap caused from the rehang, salvage of the handle.
I cant wait to swing away...letting her set up overnight and will give her a test run tomorrow.

-Miller
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One of these days I will carve an adirondack just for fun. I really don't want one for use. But it would be nice to have in the collection.
 
Square_peg said:
One of these days I will carve an adirondack just for fun. I really don't want one for use. But it would be nice to have in the collection.
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Great coincidence with the Adirondack handle finding me...I went to school in the Adirondacks, The High Peaks Region, about an hour south of Fort (Blunder) Montgomery

No doubt your skill will produce an Adirondack handle that will be very much desired and envied.

I am becoming aware, enlightened really thru frustration, that I am going to need to start making my own handles.

Morning...more coffee!
 
2 1/2 lb plumb victory 28 inch handle.First time ordering handles of the internet was a pretty big disapointment.
 
That one is a council tool handle from baileys,got a tennessee hickory house axe handle from them as well and the run out is horrible.Their customer service is great they made it right and told me just to keep them.Was bored don't expect it to last to long.
 
Funny story, would you believe that I don't have a working axe of my own ready to work? Well, I fixed that.

I will need to be splitting some wood soon and didn't have an axe to use. I have so many nice handles and a bin of keeper heads but...
Anyway, this head I got maybe a year and a half ago from my next door neighbor. He is 70, I've known him for maybe 30+ years (since I was a teen) and when his 90+ year old mother died he let me buy some stuff from her house. This head I found in the shed, and I decided then that I would not sell it. The handle I have had for maybe a year, it's from a shop that sells handles made by a guy in Nova Scotia. It looked kind of like maple at first glance but now I think that it is beech. Someone who is more knowledgeable with northeast wood can correct me if I am mistaken. The head is 3.5lb, the handle is 32" and I can finally use one of the sheaths that I have come across over the last couple of years. I thinned the handle a little and sharpened with files and stones only. The wedge is locust.

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jblyttle said:
Funny story, would you believe that I don't have a working axe of my own ready to work? Well, I fixed that.

I will need to be splitting some wood soon and didn't have an axe to use. I have so many nice handles and a bin of keeper heads but...
Anyway, this head I got maybe a year and a half ago from my next door neighbor. He is 70, I've known him for maybe 30+ years (since I was a teen) and when his 90+ year old mother died he let me buy some stuff from her house. This head I found in the shed, and I decided then that I would not sell it. The handle I have had for maybe a year, it's from a shop that sells handles made by a guy in Nova Scotia. It looked kind of like maple at first glance but now I think that it is beech. Someone who is more knowledgeable with northeast wood can correct me if I am mistaken. The head is 3.5lb, the handle is 32" and I can finally use one of the sheaths that I have come across over the last couple of years. I thinned the handle a little and sharpened with files and stones only. The wedge is locust.

IMG_20180412_223719 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_224357 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_223821 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_223930 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_223917 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_224021 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_223906 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_223944 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_223950 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_224109 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180412_224140 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
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Fagus Grandifolia...American Beech?

A beautiful tree, the leaves hold thru winter.

That is one beautiful axe JB. Clean sharp pole is awesome.
The story of the axe and handle:thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Square_peg said:
Beautiful axe. Pretty sure that's beech.
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For sure. I tried to split some staves/billets out of a storm fallen tree last spring and had to give up. The stuff was hard and brittle and split off in random directions and didn't produce a single 'clean split' out of any of the lengths that I tried. Wonderful firewood though!
It was my very first time tangling with American Beech and it's not impossible that when the tree broke off (and fell onto a hard surface basketball court) it might have been bitter cold (-25 or below) and the wood solid-frozen. Whatever; it was a disappointing experiment for me because the rounds were knot free.
Be interested to hear how this handle holds up for you jb. American Beech is rarely used in America for long handled implements including shovels, rakes and picks, whereas Basque racers on the other side of the pond swear by their locally-sourced Red Beech hafts.
 
No you cannot split or rive Beech in such lengths, here you must saw. It's even worse than maple which is at least marginally splittable when green. It seems good for handles and other tool related uses, well for many things where the most boring wood in the world will do the job.
 
Ernest DuBois said:
No you cannot split or rive Beech in such lengths, here you must saw. It's even worse than maple which is at least marginally splittable when green. It seems good for handles and other tool related uses, well for many things where the most boring wood in the world will do the job.
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With the 36" (1 meter) long rounds of Beech I induced a split at both ends and then worked the sides full length with wedges. Unlike other types of wood the splitting action went off in random directions. I was sorely tempted to call the stuff 'glasswood'. Two months ago I came across a 75 year old (but only 7 inches across) Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood) which had fallen over when City workers dropped a dead Ash tree over it) and dealt with it in a similar manner. That one I managed to split quite nicely despite the wood not at all wanting to cooperate. It's 'stringier' than Elm and needed lots of help to fully separate the halves.
 
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