What did you rehang today?

How long is that handle!?
This one is 34". I haven't found much of anything on the maker, but I have not put a ton of effort into looking. I'm assuming that it is English or more likely Northeast Colonial. I have also been informed, by someone who would know, that this tool is set up for carpentry work rather than shipwright work based on the handle shape. The head would have been correct for either.
 
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Walters Midget Black Diamond
 
Here's my first brush axe. Paid $21 for it. Whoever had it before me didn't bother to clean it and just blasted it and the handle with black spray paint. So i cleaned it and sharpened it and made a sheath for it from some fire hose i bought for that purpose. The first couple are how it arrived.
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Here's a little Swedish hatchet i cleaned up, oiled and sharpened for my son in law. The handle looks to be original and a little BLO made it tighter. Never mind the file tracks they'll blend in after a while haha! The bit was very hard by the way...
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Beautiful hatchet! Well done. It's nice to see someone take the time to file the edge back to a shape that will cut efficiently.
 
This axe is a wedding present for some friends of mine. They live on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This is logging country and almost everyone has a fireplace or wood stove. This is a simple Kelly Woodslasher designed to be a solid working axe. It's not a perfect hang. It's not a perfect haft. It's not a perfect axe. But I think it will be a good solid worker.

After sanding and finishing I discovered that this is a piece of curly hickory. The curliness shows better in certain lights and at certain angles. The haft is a 32" Tennessee Hickory curved haft.
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Oiled leather sheath from Harry Epstein.
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Hand filed and honed. C37 stamp.
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Clean poll.
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Slimmed haft with 2 coats BLO and 6 coats of tung.
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Haft didn't fill the eye but it will be fine.
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It's ready for work.
 
You made that handle gorgeous and good job on that bit! You put a lot of work into that axe and I'm sure they will enjoy it.
 
I want to live in a world where a good axe is an acceptable and appreciated wedding gift.

Well, apparently I actually do! I meant to say live in a place. Around here, an axe would make a good gift between men, but as a wedding present people would think you were weird.
 
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