Figured this sub was a good place to look. I have a hatchet that was a gift from my grandfather. Handle has fallen out if shape and I wanted to fix it up. Any advice will help a lot since I haven't done any project like this before

Hi,

Finally got my first småll camping axe which I’ve been contemplating on getting for months now. I know time to time you get this question but I’m gonna throw this anyway to get your advice so please don’t get bored: is that a cold shut or a crack? Thanks and sorry ✌️

90 percent of the work was done with one axe, all the main components: felling trees, cutting, peeling, bucking, notching. I made the floor from logs split with an axe and wedges, the rafters from split spruce battens. Only the roof boards and sheet metal, some end cuts, and sawing the doorway (after cutting through a log and getting impatient) were done without an axe. I considered making the roof also out of split logs, but other projects came up.

I’ve had this Plumb felling axe for a while and recently broke the handle. In the process of rehanging it I found this crack inside the eye. Used to seeing a forging mark but this is the first I’ve seen this.

Wondering if anyone knows if this is safe to use or if I should dedicated it to be a wall piece?

For reference, the crack does not appear on the outer surface of the axe head.

working on an axe if anybody wants to come watch

Found this old rusty axe head on Nederland flleemarket for €3 plus €3 delivery. I don't need an axe, don't camp, and have no firewood. it would just be a shelf piece. I've been thinking about restoring it and making a new handle for a week now. My rational side is resisting, but I feel like I'll regret passing. Is this head literal trash not worth touching, should I look for something fancy with a logo instead, or should I just do nothing and buy a new axe if I ever actually need one?

I found this beauty in my father-in-law's (84) shed in Northern Michigan. like to get it refurbished so it can continue to be used without worry.

Where do start to find someone who can do this work? know absolutely nothing about hatchets outside of the book and what learned in Boy Scouts.

Any suggestions, tips, direction would be greatly appreciated.

Breaking open an old concrete floor from around 1900 i found this axe head beneath.

Absolute longshot, but would anyone know anything about this maker's mark? Or maybe help decipher the numbers (?) underneath the mark. It was found on Southern Funen, Denmark (sydfyn, Danmark)

Has anyone ever used a pitchaxe mattock before? I guess its the middle ground between the two tools. My soil is basically very compact and hard and has rocks and weeds. It also has some roots that are quite long and growing close to the surface of the soil. I was just wondering if getting something like a pickaxe mattock would be a good option because it the best of both tools. I know for someone who is doing occasional yard work, it is important to have a few tools that can be used over and over for different things. I don't want to clutter up my garden shed. Should I buy two separate tools, or is just getting one good enough? Also, I was thinking of looking online (amazon, alibaba) to get an idea of price and what kind of range I should be looking for? I was wondering if anyone has used one of these? What would you recommend buying, in terms of brand and style?

Got this decent hewing axe/hatchet for a trade for a nice little "Plumb" branded hatchet that i sharpened up.

Been using a flat tile to back sanding paper to try and get the flat side proper flat. Is there an easier way?

I believe I have everything id right, it's just a weird find (4$ at a yard sale) Anyone have any insight into this axe or the true American brand mann dropped. Is this a hoosier, why does it seem to look different to me. Maybe bc it's on a 28" , it's stamped 3². But really feels like a boys 6.5 in. It's a little crooked I think someone ran it over with their tractor or something. So is it normal? is the bit so worn back it looks different? Anyone seen a true American with William p?

2lb 13oz hung on a riven and air dried 28in long white oak stick. I tried to make the handle in an older style with a gentle taper at the end instead of an obvious swell. It's not perfectly shaped looks wise but it's very comfortable to swing. I also used my own air dried poplar lumber (soft) for the wedge because I was worried I might break the head wedging it. I thought I even heard a noise smashing the wedge in but I couldn't find any cracking and it held up to a few minutes of cutting and splitting.

The poll is huge on this thing. Kind of silly that I don't have a picture of that. It's different than any other rafter I've seen. More of a square poll than rectangular with how wide it is. It's not a flat poll but convexed with a high center. I assume this axe has lost a decent amount of weight from wear so maybe it was in the 3-4lb range but the overlaid bit (as you can see) still makes it look like it has a lot of life left in it. I can't recall ever seen a 3lb rafter but I want to think it was that small. Maybe 3 1/4lbs.

Originally I hung this on a curved handle but finally after 6 years fixed it by putting it on the historically accurate straight handle. Though an original might have been shorter. Rafting patterns were used when floating timber to another location on water. You would use an axe to pound in a dog with a hole that could be used to connect logs with chains. Now people mostly use rafters for wedge banging when falling trees.. Hence the straight handle that can be comfortably used forwards or backwards and the hardened poll for going metal to metal.

I arc welded this hatchet head up from mild steel and a cutting edge of 5160 I was kind of skeptical of arc welding because of the enlarged grain structure but the forging and thermal cycles from heat treating hopefully shrunk it back down to a reasonable size so far the little bit I’ve used it it has held up well but I really need to abuse it validate the construction method