Great video! It was incredibly kind of you to make those handles with such care and attention to every detail to reduce slippage. Your craftsmanship produced a finished product that felt and looked absolutely amazing and has renewed the tools to a usable state. Thank you for taking the time to help out.
Amen Brother.Agree with everything you said.Also a good palm swell allows you to relax a little ,making for less fatigue.Also more speed and power.Big shout out from a fellow gray wolf with reduced grip.
Great to hear gray wolf....and yes on the less ftigue. The other thing a relaxed grip prevents is a "scoop" by the axe when a fella has a death grip on it.
I picked up an old axe at a flea market last year that had a beautiful vintage handle that had grooves carved into the under side of the grip right at the fawns foot. They ran parallel across the handle from side to side. Seemed like they were meant to improve grip. Unfortunately the handle wasn't salvageable but I always wondered how that might feel when swinging.
I had an idea watching this, I’ve made zero axe handles in my life so if it’s a stupid idea so be it. Could a soft wood handle sleeve be utilized in the grip zone to lessen vibration? I’ve had hatchets with leather handles but they are stacked to such a density that it’s a pretty sharp shock. Rubber and fiberglass can be nice but that just seems like an unreasonable choice.
@@eastcoastlumberjack im imagining two separate pieces of willow or something even softer if that’s possible, hollowed and contoured to fit over the handle, maybe hardwood handle recessed in the same area so the soft wood “inserts” or sleeve remains flush adhered with an adhesive and maybe a brass or steel bolster. Would make for a nice two tone handle even if the dampening wasn’t that incredible. All that being said I can hardly whittle so if it’s a crappy idea I’m not offended. I do appreciate your further inquiry either way.
@@eastcoastlumberjack I was a career plumber, and all that stuff is coming back to bite me now. I started making a few mallets for shop use and use almost the exact same design as the ones you showed with the contouring on the handle and flare at the end just to help me from tossing my mallet by accident when my arthritis is flaring up. Ergonomics is important for safety in my opinion, and anyone that can make those small modifications can really benefit. I used a couple rough files to shape an Osage Orange handle and I can say for certain that I much prefer using a kutzall disc on my cordless angle grinder for mass material removal as opposed to the spoke shave for one dumb reason… it is fun to sit there making curls of wood and it’s easy to get carried away 😂.
Great video! It was incredibly kind of you to make those handles with such care and attention to every detail to reduce slippage. Your craftsmanship produced a finished product that felt and looked absolutely amazing and has renewed the tools to a usable state. Thank you for taking the time to help out.
Biggest bonus is I have met another great guy who has become a fast friend. Hope the "dunk" went well, and welcome to the family buddy!
Amen Brother.Agree with everything you said.Also a good palm swell allows you to relax a little ,making for less fatigue.Also more speed and power.Big shout out from a fellow gray wolf with reduced grip.
Great to hear gray wolf....and yes on the less ftigue. The other thing a relaxed grip prevents is a "scoop" by the axe when a fella has a death grip on it.
I picked up an old axe at a flea market last year that had a beautiful vintage handle that had grooves carved into the under side of the grip right at the fawns foot. They ran parallel across the handle from side to side. Seemed like they were meant to improve grip. Unfortunately the handle wasn't salvageable but I always wondered how that might feel when swinging.
Interesting. I bet it was also for grip.
I had an idea watching this, I’ve made zero axe handles in my life so if it’s a stupid idea so be it. Could a soft wood handle sleeve be utilized in the grip zone to lessen vibration? I’ve had hatchets with leather handles but they are stacked to such a density that it’s a pretty sharp shock. Rubber and fiberglass can be nice but that just seems like an unreasonable choice.
Hmmm. Interesting idea. but, you'd have to elaborate a little. not sure how a softwood sleeve would work
@@eastcoastlumberjack im imagining two separate pieces of willow or something even softer if that’s possible, hollowed and contoured to fit over the handle, maybe hardwood handle recessed in the same area so the soft wood “inserts” or sleeve remains flush adhered with an adhesive and maybe a brass or steel bolster. Would make for a nice two tone handle even if the dampening wasn’t that incredible. All that being said I can hardly whittle so if it’s a crappy idea I’m not offended. I do appreciate your further inquiry either way.
It’s sad that the people willing to do the work have arthritis
true - his is a step up from arthritis.....not pretty
@@eastcoastlumberjack I was a career plumber, and all that stuff is coming back to bite me now. I started making a few mallets for shop use and use almost the exact same design as the ones you showed with the contouring on the handle and flare at the end just to help me from tossing my mallet by accident when my arthritis is flaring up. Ergonomics is important for safety in my opinion, and anyone that can make those small modifications can really benefit. I used a couple rough files to shape an Osage Orange handle and I can say for certain that I much prefer using a kutzall disc on my cordless angle grinder for mass material removal as opposed to the spoke shave for one dumb reason… it is fun to sit there making curls of wood and it’s easy to get carried away 😂.