I can understand that peace it can bring. I'm still working on a 10" double bit axe that has over 120 hrs involved with hand filing, polishing the head and the work on the handle. Still a good bit before I finish it out. All the hours are a great escape from the daily rat race. Polish away jojojeep1
I admire the patience and attention to detail involved, but even that beautiful mirror finish can't distract from those flaws in the edge. Of course it's easy for me to be a Monday morning quarterback. Keep up the beautiful work.
I found my great uncles axe after it sat in a (not too watertight) shed for nearly 30 years. I used it to chop some stump roots as it was - rusty and blunt. I came online to see what could be done, and saw your video...wow.....phenomenal job...great video thanks for posting
I have recently completely restored a couple of broad axes that were very badly rusted i started with a 9 inch grinder and worked down to grinding flap wheels and finally 1200 paper then buffing compound i found the finish you get depends on how much you are willing to sweat and your attention to detail. After all the hard work they are only ever going to be a wall hangers and i keep the mirror finish by spraying it with a clear metal lacquer - Rust Guard - Clear Guard I found it with the metal protecting spray cans at a hardware store here in Australia I spray it on all my shiny wall mounted saws guns and axes sprayed the wife's silver platter over 10 years ago and its still perfect. Keep shining Cheers.
"After all the hard work they are only ever going to be a wall hangers..." that's exactly what I thought of, while watching this video, after so much effort nobody would ever want to use this axe again :D :D
Brilliant video, especially when you say how long it takes. So many vids never say how long things take..could be 5 mins or 5 hrs!! Inspired me to go to a boot sale, bought a rusty old club hammer for a quid with no handle. Polished it like a mirror, and made a new fat oak handle. Dead chuffed....many thanks for a great video
@@noonagon1 I agree with you even though everyone has there own way I guess, but I always go in one direction weather I'm sanding wood going with the grain or if I'm sanding metal. Anytime I tried to switch directions I got very poor results
Great Video Sir, Thank you very much for sharing it with us, I just followed your example and but a fantastic Mirror finish on my Becker BK2 and my Gransfor Bruks Axe
Great video learned a more efficient way to buff old tools. I bolted my bench grinder to a scrap piece of MDF and keep it in place with a pair of C-clamps, no chasing.
Sir, before a preventable accident happens to you, please anchor your polish-grinder appropriately. Other than that drawback, great job produced and great video overall.
Morgan Freeman Mr. Freeman, thank you Sir. As a side-note, please allow me to congratulate you on your Series involving GOD. Thank you Sir, once again, for your professional work. Enjoyable.
@@robstone5333 I think the primary concern is if the wheel catches a long object between itself and the table and the wheel could then propel itself into other objects or the ground.
Merci! I now see where I went wrong I needed to sand more with higher grit paper before going to the buffing wheel. Guess another trip to Princess Auto
Nice, I have some golf clubs that I found stored in the shed and they are still oiled and shiny. Then I remembered 4 yrs ago I had cleaned the rust off, polished then oiled them.
At 5:00 you are definitely correct as that happened to me this week! I thought I went over it good enough through 240 grit so when I hit it with 400 grit I found out that nope, all the lines were left and I had to go back down to 120 then 240 to correct it.
Beautiful. Like a piece of jewelry. I imagine it would glide through wood with that smooth mirror polish. The only down side is one would be apprehensive to use their axe when it is so pretty & especially after all the time invested getting it to this point.
Thanks for the video great information :) .... I found a old rusty axe head in a field where I walk my dog I did some research and it's a minors deputy axe which makes sense as I live in a mining town in North East England (Northumberland) although the mine closed in the early 70s. I intend to restore it and donate to the local mining museum (woodhorn ashington) .. I have resorted a few rusty knifes but never a axe can't wait to get started. Picked up a few tips from this video thanks :)
Great job, best I have seen. Please anchor down your equipment I know you want to make a good safety impression to the younger folks. Safety is the best policies when working with any tools and always with power tools. I hope you will make more videos. Thanks again.
Nice work. I just did my first shine-up of an axe head for my latest axe restoration vids. Lots of work and I didn't get it anywhere near the same finish as you got.
Really good video I like your method I think your results are fantastic. One thing you can do to tell if you've completely removed the previous grit is always sand perpendicular to the previous grit. Then you can clearly see which scratches are 40 and which 120 ect....
I just watched a video where a guy was polishing ports in a motor head. His point was "you'll polish all kinds of stupid stuff, just because you can". This bears that out a little, although it does have some benefits to cutting, and if you wax it when you put it away, will have anti rust storage benefits, as well, if non-conditioned space, as it will shed water if you have a "rain out" in your garage (reached dew point fast temp drop), which has happened to me a couple of times...then you get to sandpaper EVERY ground metal surface in the shop if you happen to miss the event by a couple of days. MUCH easier to wax the surfaces every once in a while, and for jobs where a little wax transfer on them doesn't matter (non gluing, say), the tables, especially sliding like on a table saw, work MUCH better.
Thanks for the helpful video. What does "dressing" the buffing wheel mean? Just knocking off the old polish compound with a screwdriver? I've seen other videos where they have a separate buffing pad for each compound, but the dressing method seems cheaper.
I would love to have the time to make a show axe. However, axes for me are for using, not for just admiring and looking at. But thanks much for the great video!
I f you hadn't shown this, I would never have believed that it was possible to obtain such a good finish, by using only simple tools and a lot of patience. Better than new! Thank-you. *But for safety's sake, please bolt that wheel down before you injure yourself or a bystander!*
I just bought a vintage Collins axe head. Would you recommend this polishing process on an axe head with a makers mark? The head is in pretty good shape just minor rust. Could I skip the lower grit sand paper and start with the higher grit. Any advice you have would be appreciated. You did an outstanding job on that axe head, it blew me away
+John Robinson It's up to you if you want to polish your name brand axe. An axe always look amazing once polished but having said that, I would never polish my Gransfors Bruk axe. I am proud to own a Gransfors Bruk axe and want to keep it original with the hammer marks on it. It shows that it was hand made. If your axe is in really good shape, you can probably skip the lower grit and start with 200 grit. If you have scratches on your axe that your fingernail goes in, then you definitely need to start with 40 grit. Gilbert
Wow sold. I've clean and sanded up some axe heads that look good when I'm done but that's beyond what I thought possible on a regular axe head. I'm going to be shooting for this level finish next time I need to another. Would it help at all to paint the the surface after getting up to that 240 grit mark? To help bring out the appearance of the deeper scratches show better. Or coat with anything. Just curious of you had any trick for that so you don't get too far forward and have to jump way back again
I used a sisal buffing wheel and a softer buffing wheel. White buffing compound on sisal wheel then green compound on sisal wheel and then rouge on the softer buffing wheel.
My axes have clean surfaces but not mirror like. I cannot think of a time when any actual logger or timber Jack I knew or know has ever had a axe like that. This must be a City-dude finish. Thanks for the insight.
I would like to try this on an old double head axe. Can you tell me where you buy the flap wheels and polishing compound and buffing wheels. Thanks
Walt Burnham Harbour Freight (if you have one near you) sells everything you would need.
how your address
how materials used you
please send me price of hand grinder.and buf moter set fully please give reply.send me catalog also.
Amazon is a good place as well.
When I get bored, or angry, or I just having anxiety, I polish metal things. It brings my mind back in tune, the Ax head Looks beautiful
I can understand that peace it can bring. I'm still working on a 10" double bit axe that has over 120 hrs involved with hand filing, polishing the head and the work on the handle. Still a good bit before I finish it out. All the hours are a great escape from the daily rat race. Polish away jojojeep1
Dude SAME
I'm the same! It'srewarding and makes you feel worthwhile!
@@dragan3290 Very much agree!
I admire the patience and attention to detail involved, but even that beautiful mirror finish can't distract from those flaws in the edge. Of course it's easy for me to be a Monday morning quarterback. Keep up the beautiful work.
Excellent job getting that mirror finish. This is the best video so far I've found on the subject recently.
I found my great uncles axe after it sat in a (not too watertight) shed for nearly 30 years. I used it to chop some stump roots as it was - rusty and blunt. I came online to see what could be done, and saw your video...wow.....phenomenal job...great video thanks for posting
Finally, someone who understands the polishing makes it slide on wood better.
+roy childs also for better corrosion resistance.
I have recently completely restored a couple of broad axes that were very badly rusted i started with a 9 inch grinder and worked down to grinding flap wheels and finally 1200 paper then buffing compound i found the finish you get depends on how much you are willing to sweat and your attention to detail. After all the hard work they are only ever going to be a wall hangers and i keep the mirror finish by spraying it with a clear metal lacquer - Rust Guard - Clear Guard I found it with the metal protecting spray cans at a hardware store here in Australia I spray it on all my shiny wall mounted saws guns and axes sprayed the wife's silver platter over 10 years ago and its still perfect. Keep shining Cheers.
"After all the hard work they are only ever going to be a wall hangers..." that's exactly what I thought of, while watching this video, after so much effort nobody would ever want to use this axe again :D :D
Brilliant video, especially when you say how long it takes. So many vids never say how long things take..could be 5 mins or 5 hrs!!
Inspired me to go to a boot sale, bought a rusty old club hammer for a quid with no handle. Polished it like a mirror, and made a new fat oak handle. Dead chuffed....many thanks for a great video
I just can`t beleive the shine you got on that axe Gilbert....your the best and again very patient....SALUT
Thanks Gator. Nice to hear from you. Are you at the hospital?
Just got home today....not the brightest bulb in the house.....CHEERS
That axe is a beaut. Thank you for your time and effort in making the video so we could learn from you.
very nice finish... inspired me to take some of my resto projects to a new level👍
That’s how it’s done! Brilliantly chilled approach. Thank you for the guidance
A tip: use different angles for each sandpaper grit size. You can immediately see if you're done getting out the scratches of the courser grit.
Xiph1980 not supposed to when refinishing an axe.
You are supposed to. It makes it much easier without any significant change.
@@noonagon1 I agree with you even though everyone has there own way I guess, but I always go in one direction weather I'm sanding wood going with the grain or if I'm sanding metal. Anytime I tried to switch directions I got very poor results
That's sweet to be able to finish metal like that. The demonstration was great.
This Is the video Ive been looking for, finally, thank you. You do awesome work.
Great Video Sir, Thank you very much for sharing it with us, I just followed your example and but a fantastic Mirror finish on my Becker BK2 and my Gransfor Bruks Axe
Great video! I’ve been polishing some metals and this video gave me a good idea on how to get a shinier finish on my metal
Wow, you Polish people know how to make a Axe shine!!!!
Polish know how to polish !
most competition loggers have axes all polished up and razor sharp.good save on that head.
That's beautiful. You did a wonderful job on that. Thanks for sharing !
With each change of grit go at right angles. Makes it easy to see scratches that still have to come out.
Great video learned a more efficient way to buff old tools. I bolted my bench grinder to a scrap piece of MDF and keep it in place with a pair of C-clamps, no chasing.
Great job on cleaning up that axe head it looks great
Cheers
Tim from Wood 4 Nothing
Sir, before a preventable accident happens to you, please anchor your polish-grinder appropriately. Other than that drawback, great job produced and great video overall.
Oscar Lechuga Yeah, that caught my eye immediately
Morgan Freeman
Mr. Freeman, thank you Sir. As a side-note, please allow me to congratulate you on your Series involving GOD.
Thank you Sir, once again, for your professional work. Enjoyable.
+Oscar Lechuga can't tell if joking or serious
Oscar-do really think he would allow his grinder to vibrate off the bench? Or could you not resist trolling him?
@@robstone5333 I think the primary concern is if the wheel catches a long object between itself and the table and the wheel could then propel itself into other objects or the ground.
Merci!
I now see where I went wrong I needed to sand more with higher grit paper before going to the buffing wheel. Guess another trip to Princess Auto
Wow! Thanks for the video. I have never polished anything before and now I know exactly what to do
F nm
Nice, I have some golf clubs that I found stored in the shed and they are still oiled and shiny. Then I remembered 4 yrs ago I had cleaned the rust off, polished then oiled them.
trulymeparker , there is something rewarding when you restore tools. Cheers!
At 5:00 you are definitely correct as that happened to me this week! I thought I went over it good enough through 240 grit so when I hit it with 400 grit I found out that nope, all the lines were left and I had to go back down to 120 then 240 to correct it.
Most restoration videos on UA-cam don't do the mirror polish. I think that's a shame, nothing like a mirror polish on a tool. Good job!
Excellent video very well done and explained. Thanks.
Great work! Looks fantastic!
The axe head looks excellent.
Looks great! Bolt down that grinder.
Great video & very impressive work
bloody hell that amazing beautiful work
Beautiful. Like a piece of jewelry. I imagine it would glide through wood with that smooth mirror polish. The only down side is one would be apprehensive to use their axe when it is so pretty & especially after all the time invested getting it to this point.
Very well done. going to give this a try myself.
Beautiful shine, it looks like jewelery.
Nice job,looks great!
Beautiful job buddy, thanks for video.
Thanks for the video great information :) .... I found a old rusty axe head in a field where I walk my dog I did some research and it's a minors deputy axe which makes sense as I live in a mining town in North East England (Northumberland) although the mine closed in the early 70s. I intend to restore it and donate to the local mining museum (woodhorn ashington) .. I have resorted a few rusty knifes but never a axe can't wait to get started. Picked up a few tips from this video thanks :)
Beautiful work.
I have watched many an axe restoration, but you sir, have "true grit". {:-D
Well thank you for the compliment! :)
AMAZING JOB. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO REPLICATE PATRICK BATEMAN'S AXE. THANK YOU!!!! BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!
Matthew Bruesch Me too!!!
Looks great to me, Thanks for your valuable time.
great shine on that axe! (just kept wanting you to fix that wheel to the bench!).
Thank you for sharing your skills 🙏
That is one hell of a polishing job
I'm in love with that shine. 👍
That's just absolutely amazing
Great job, best I have seen. Please anchor down your equipment
I know you want to make a good safety impression to the younger folks. Safety is
the best policies when working with any tools and always with power tools. I
hope you will make more videos. Thanks again.
Thanx for sparing us the noise 👍🇬🇧
excellent video! Thank you for posting!
Looks nice. Going to try it with my throwing axe.
That is beautiful! Looks like chrome!
This is so helpful. Thanks!
Beautiful job 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍 wow
This dude knows what he's doing
Nice work. I just did my first shine-up of an axe head for my latest axe restoration vids. Lots of work and I didn't get it anywhere near the same finish as you got.
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Its so... beautiful.
Thanks
Wow! Learned a lot. Tks
Excellent job 👏
Nice bro good work lot of experience you have, I am going to try at my old hammer.
Great video! I liked and subscribed!
Woooow 😲 that is what I call Mirror polish 👏👏👏
beautiful job
Awesome work
Really good video I like your method I think your results are fantastic. One thing you can do to tell if you've completely removed the previous grit is always sand perpendicular to the previous grit. Then you can clearly see which scratches are 40 and which 120 ect....
That's a good idea and I've done that myself as well.
Nice job. I too am a polishing junkie.
Bolt that buffer down!
Nice job, great video
I just watched a video where a guy was polishing ports in a motor head. His point was "you'll polish all kinds of stupid stuff, just because you can". This bears that out a little, although it does have some benefits to cutting, and if you wax it when you put it away, will have anti rust storage benefits, as well, if non-conditioned space, as it will shed water if you have a "rain out" in your garage (reached dew point fast temp drop), which has happened to me a couple of times...then you get to sandpaper EVERY ground metal surface in the shop if you happen to miss the event by a couple of days. MUCH easier to wax the surfaces every once in a while, and for jobs where a little wax transfer on them doesn't matter (non gluing, say), the tables, especially sliding like on a table saw, work MUCH better.
Thanks for the comment
WOW! That thing is almost too nice to use!
Wow that's nice...great job man!!!
Nice work!
Thanks for the helpful video. What does "dressing" the buffing wheel mean? Just knocking off the old polish compound with a screwdriver? I've seen other videos where they have a separate buffing pad for each compound, but the dressing method seems cheaper.
Very nice! Thank you very much!
excellent work
Great job!! Now let's see the handle installation! :)
Great job!
Excellent job
That looks amazing
Nice work buddy 👌
Could you have sped up the process by going from 40 - 80 - 120 grits?
And what was the paste you used at the 320 grit before using WD-40?
So to keep this mirror shine, what would you use to protect the finish??m
very interesting and informative thanks for the video!!!!🍻🌿😜
Beautiful man!!!!!
i love this video. i will polish my driver now
I would love to have the time to make a show axe. However, axes for me are for using, not for just admiring and looking at. But thanks much for the great video!
I f you hadn't shown this, I would never have believed that it was possible to obtain such a good finish, by using only simple tools and a lot of patience. Better than new! Thank-you. *But for safety's sake, please bolt that wheel down before you injure yourself or a bystander!*
I just bought a vintage Collins axe head. Would you recommend this polishing process on an axe head with a makers mark? The head is in pretty good shape just minor rust. Could I skip the lower grit sand paper and start with the higher grit. Any advice you have would be appreciated. You did an outstanding job on that axe head, it blew me away
+John Robinson
It's up to you if you want to polish your name brand axe. An axe always look amazing once polished but having said that, I would never polish my Gransfors Bruk axe. I am proud to own a Gransfors Bruk axe and want to keep it original with the hammer marks on it. It shows that it was hand made. If your axe is in really good shape, you can probably skip the lower grit and start with 200 grit. If you have scratches on your axe that your fingernail goes in, then you definitely need to start with 40 grit.
Gilbert
+French River Springs Gransfors are drop forged.
+Saul Japuntich No, they are not.
Christopher Long Go visit their forge. It's open to the public. They use trip hammers and drop forging to produce the axeheads.
By the way, please don't start an internet argument. Let's be fair and civil so as not to attract the trolls.
Can you tell us where you got the polish compounds and specifically what grade each color is. I want to order those
Great job.
How do you clean the inside eye of the axe?
Batterie terminal wire brush
how do you protect that mirror polish??? it wil rust if you will let it like this... nice job!
Wow sold. I've clean and sanded up some axe heads that look good when I'm done but that's beyond what I thought possible on a regular axe head. I'm going to be shooting for this level finish next time I need to another. Would it help at all to paint the the surface after getting up to that 240 grit mark? To help bring out the appearance of the deeper scratches show better. Or coat with anything. Just curious of you had any trick for that so you don't get too far forward and have to jump way back again
that is sick awesome job
could you please tell me what wheels you use along with the wheel compound and grit thx
I used a sisal buffing wheel and a softer buffing wheel. White buffing compound on sisal wheel then green compound on sisal wheel and then rouge on the softer buffing wheel.
French River Springs Loved the video. Can you tell me which specific Sisal wheels you are using? Just got an axe to work on!
That is awesome!
Put a piece rubber inner tube on each corner of the polisher...prevents it from moving without having to bolt it down.
My axes have clean surfaces but not mirror like. I cannot think of a time when any actual logger or timber Jack I knew or know has ever had a axe like that. This must be a City-dude finish. Thanks for the insight.