Great piece of handmade toolery. Shortcomings aside it's still a beautiful axe. Also the video quality is pristine, not once did I get bored the entire video.
That's really great to hear. Thanks a bunch. 32.5 minutes is (and was) tough to sit through. No commercials, so this is far longer than a sitcom. That was quite a compliment.
This man took an axe restoration video and made it a life lesson lecture without even taking away from the axe restoration, congrats sir you have just gained a subscriber
I've never been able to quite explain why I love your videos, but I think it's because you always take a different approach. To everything, that is. Your reasoning might not always seem apparent but once the project wraps up, you always teach me to think outside the box.
Very entertaining. I was going to say I'd give you $4 for it any day, till I saw you drop it in the out take. I'll give you $3.50 seeing as it's been dropped. With making anything there really isn't a right or wrong way to do anything. Just a safe way or a dangerous way. Thanks for a great video.
Just Wowww. I’m a self made and good at understanding geometry and sharpening. Always do the same on axe heads. But when it comes to handle, you are like a galaxy further.
Been watching you since your "Return to sender" build bede and went back to watch a lot of old videos. Once I understood what your channel was truly about I fell in love with it.
I decided to try my hand at making some spoons this year as Christmas gifts. The idea of shaping completely before refining is a good lesson. I got faster with each one as I knew how far I could go roughing out with my spokeshave before smoothing with my card scraper and sandpaper.
I once used teak oil on an outdoor piece of teak furniture. Never again. It was moldy and disguating in a year. Pressure washed it off, no problems since. Great video and glad to see you enjoying your new place.
There at lots of different types. Some are very oily, and penetrate well. Those are great for boat stuff. The one I use is more like something between polyurethane and boiled linseed oil. I love it, but it's not for outside. Most finishes aren't, unless they really are a penetrating oil. Drying oils (like this one) rely much on a surface bond that might flake off.
I used teak oil for a time, didn't really like the feel of it and went back to boiled linseed oil. Although ì found you can get a better texture if you heat it first. All personal preference though
My recently bought hatchet has a fibre glass shaft with a rubber handle. Which, admittedly makes things easier with my arthritic hands and fingers, but I was considering changing for a wooden handle as it looks more organic. I’m really glad I saw this video as it stopped me doing something silly, thank you.
Brandon Williams Nothing at all, but he knows what he is doing. Now I’d I’d tried it with the thinner neck to the shaft and after the trouble he had getting the old shaft out that would have been very silly. He does actually warn people off doing a wooden restore where there was a fibre glass handle, and that’s what I was thanking him for.
I would never say this is overly hard, but rather time consuming instead. It's also an amazing way to learn a new skill. Also, nothing wrong with wittling. Anyone who can't just sit outside on a nice day or near a fire and just wittle for awhile is missing out.
As a retired mechanical engineer it was amazing to see all the engineering that went in to the original design. It would be great to see how the ogigional builders made some of the parts without some of the modern tools that you have in your shop? No large hydraulikepress, no power hand drills. I guess a lot of strong hands and big hammers. Great work and craftsmanship. From both shops old and new. Extremely interesting to watch, thanks for the video!
Teak oil: My dad was a (great) carpenter and loved the stuff. Hell, he probably used it for cooking when our backs were turned. Another solid video, thank you.
Let's see, I dug up a sweet old axe head, I have a beautiful slab of black walnut...but no one makes axe handles out of walnut, do they? But wait here's a video. Can/should it be done? Absolutely! Thanks for the inspiration brother.
I've been making knives over the last year, and I really enjoy making smaller(ish) whittling knives, great for pencil sharpening and oddly enough decent for whittling, still new at it. And that's exactly how I showed people how to whittle. Two thumbs, lots of leverage, sharp sturdy knife lots of torque without going too far. The axe is cool!
This was satisfying to watch because I can relate to most of you describe. Sometimes just the experience of doing something is worth more than the end product.
Beautiful video! I could watch wood chiseling forever. The Walnut shavings look really nice. If you're not going to use the hatchet for wood chopping, I think it would look lovely over a mantle!
Your videos always teach me something new! I use a rasp for most of my shaping, but I use a lot of hardwood. there's about a bajillion ways to shape a piece of wood so use what works. Btw that rhing is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Even with all the somewhat annoying uses of words sometimes, I'm kinda surprised I can sit through all that in one go and actually be entertained and learn some new things. Thanks, Pocket. Also, I saw a small glimpse of that face, you sure got me there. You always sound much much younger for some reason.
I think it looks wonderful! I didn't think the video was too long at all. I'd say do things the way you like...maybe stop worrying about what people say in the comments. :) Great video!
27:39 You can drill a small hole at the bottom to spred the pressure evenly so the splinter dose not make it crack longer down. I know you talked about no gaps but i used it on a pickaxe and it holds up very well
So I also thought at first it was a little beefy up near the head ... while a part of me was listening to you babble on ... I thought that might be a high quaility design ... It may actually making the Axe structurally sound ... I can see you just having the best of times sitting there putzing around ... while creating valuable resource especially for extreme beginners ... I can see the negative commentors just seething ... while you sit there chuckling at them under your breath ... well done
The 32 minutes were really not too long. I really enjoy to see much of the process :) But that's right, it looks more like a « ceremonial hatchet » than a one to really use and like you said, that's fine :D The result is really nice anyway :)
The lesson I learned in the first five minutes of this video is: you probably could have just used that old handle like forever. that thing was basically immortal.
Hey when you were using the utility knife you did a lot of cutting against the grain, that can make you take a out a much bigger strip than you intended, and it’s also harder to do. I use a utility knife al the time and it’s really quite effective.
Agreed. I had lots of room when I was just starting out. I was talking, so I wasn't really thinking much. Whittling is simply a skill that has to be self-learnt.
Black walnut is such a beautiful wood, it’s worth it even if it snaps some day. If it does snap, you’ve gotta make a video of exactly how you managed it with that tiny hatchet. BTW - Loved your video style. Sub’d.
If you have an air compressor, I highly recommend a die grinder. It'll work way better than a drill with that carbide burr. They only cost a few bucks if you want to go the harbor freight route.
I've done similar "pretty" things that are very capable of their intended purpose... Axe with hardwood floor scraps laminated to make the handle, another with hard maple, thin aluminum and purple heart laminate with mosaic pins and a third with a beautiful hard maple handle and nice leather work on a walnut display, but all of them are razor sharp and choppy choppy really well... Good work, your way isn't my way and neither of them are considered "the right way"... I cut the rough shape and the bad saw and use 60 and 80 grit flap wheels, rasps, files and my random orbital sander... It's not stupid if it works...
@@emrefifty5281 they are already made and being used... I've got several to do yet, time being the Crux. I need to do a few videos restoring them. I have learned loads about what works efficiently for me to make handles and bring life to an axe in the last couple years.
Enjoy your visual ‘explanations’ like using the cut off from the side of the handle to form the pattern for the opposite side, or how much smaller the eye of the hatchet is than a hatchet that originally had a wooden handle
The disciplines you mentioned are like Russian dolls. Physics is the mathematics of the universe. Chemistry is the physics of molecules. Biology is the chemistry of life, etc.
You could certainly look at it that way. Mathematics being the governing rules of it all: the great Matryoshka, into which all categories fall. Some esoteric philosophical discussions argue whether or not mathematics _is_ the universe. But that's a suggestion which is silliness insofar as I understand anything. Mathematics is a construct (an interpretation) of (by) consciousness; not the other way around. Still, I wasn't suggesting that one thing/discipline was any bigger, better, or more encompassing than any other. Divisions are simply names that we give to the categories we examine. The lines are arbitrary. The littlest doll in your example would be chemistry, which chemists tend to argue is the most fundamental. lol. Everybody believes their own discipline to be the most important. But really, wouldn't the dolls be more like an ouroborus, where the littlest doll is also the largest? So the smallest doll would be life, emergent from chemicals, and which is the holder of consciousness- and _that_ is all in the universe that matters. Thus the universe _is_ conscious. A cycle. That's heavy, man.
nice, beautiful finish You've talked about pottery before (loved the story from a few months ago), are you planning to do a video about throwing ? I'm don't want to speak for everybody but I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to see that !
Just under the head of the axe wrap with about 3-4 inches of stretched thick leather. In case you miss it will have a less likely chance of breaking the head off
Bummed by the lack of gasoline cans in the background as you were grinding off the mushrooming. Although I understand the refusal to reuse a joke. You did have the electrical sockets, though, so that was good.
Hey so I have a huge chip in a small Hatchet that I have and I don't want to get rid of it. the chip is in the bottom edge of the hatchet and it's about probably an inch deep and I was wondering if you could show tips on how to fix that if I should fix that
Hello Wranglestar, Can i ask You for some advice? I AM in Europe i have a small budget.. If i search for a small woodcarving axe, To make kuksa etcetera...What to look for on fleamarkets? I AM a bit lost in alle brands and types of axes... Greetings from Holland.
Great piece of handmade toolery. Shortcomings aside it's still a beautiful axe. Also the video quality is pristine, not once did I get bored the entire video.
That's really great to hear. Thanks a bunch.
32.5 minutes is (and was) tough to sit through. No commercials, so this is far longer than a sitcom. That was quite a compliment.
MultiPets basically what they said. Incredible looking end product.
"Please suspend judgment"
Yeah, sure, no problem...
You know what? I'm gonna say it anyway...
Great job.
Despite this being another axe video I'm always happy to see a 30 minute pocket video!
This man took an axe restoration video and made it a life lesson lecture without even taking away from the axe restoration, congrats sir you have just gained a subscriber
"In a different life, I was what you might call an artist."
Bro, you're an artist still. No doubt about that.
Coffee, corn flakes and Pocket83: a good way to start the day. Thanks for the video.
I've never been able to quite explain why I love your videos, but I think it's because you always take a different approach. To everything, that is. Your reasoning might not always seem apparent but once the project wraps up, you always teach me to think outside the box.
Very entertaining. I was going to say I'd give you $4 for it any day, till I saw you drop it in the out take. I'll give you $3.50 seeing as it's been dropped.
With making anything there really isn't a right or wrong way to do anything. Just a safe way or a dangerous way.
Thanks for a great video.
Just Wowww. I’m a self made and good at understanding geometry and sharpening. Always do the same on axe heads. But when it comes to handle, you are like a galaxy further.
Been watching you since your "Return to sender" build bede and went back to watch a lot of old videos. Once I understood what your channel was truly about I fell in love with it.
This video has a lot of quotes that I'll carry with me through life
I decided to try my hand at making some spoons this year as Christmas gifts. The idea of shaping completely before refining is a good lesson. I got faster with each one as I knew how far I could go roughing out with my spokeshave before smoothing with my card scraper and sandpaper.
I once used teak oil on an outdoor piece of teak furniture. Never again. It was moldy and disguating in a year. Pressure washed it off, no problems since. Great video and glad to see you enjoying your new place.
There at lots of different types. Some are very oily, and penetrate well. Those are great for boat stuff. The one I use is more like something between polyurethane and boiled linseed oil. I love it, but it's not for outside. Most finishes aren't, unless they really are a penetrating oil. Drying oils (like this one) rely much on a surface bond that might flake off.
I used teak oil for a time, didn't really like the feel of it and went back to boiled linseed oil.
Although ì found you can get a better texture if you heat it first. All personal preference though
My recently bought hatchet has a fibre glass shaft with a rubber handle. Which, admittedly makes things easier with my arthritic hands and fingers, but I was considering changing for a wooden handle as it looks more organic. I’m really glad I saw this video as it stopped me doing something silly, thank you.
Mark Harris what is silly about what he did
Brandon Williams Nothing at all, but he knows what he is doing. Now I’d I’d tried it with the thinner neck to the shaft and after the trouble he had getting the old shaft out that would have been very silly. He does actually warn people off doing a wooden restore where there was a fibre glass handle, and that’s what I was thanking him for.
The few cuts right after you say "potter's wheel" made one of my favorite sounds. ASMR
I would never say this is overly hard, but rather time consuming instead. It's also an amazing way to learn a new skill. Also, nothing wrong with wittling. Anyone who can't just sit outside on a nice day or near a fire and just wittle for awhile is missing out.
As a retired mechanical engineer it was amazing to see all the engineering that went in to the original design. It would be great to see how the ogigional builders made some of the parts without some of the modern tools that you have in your shop? No large hydraulikepress, no power hand drills. I guess a lot of strong hands and big hammers. Great work and craftsmanship. From both shops old and new. Extremely interesting to watch, thanks for the video!
Teak oil: My dad was a (great) carpenter and loved the stuff. Hell, he probably used it for cooking when our backs were turned. Another solid video, thank you.
There is a satisfactory feeling about the fine work. Gotta love it.
Let's see, I dug up a sweet old axe head, I have a beautiful slab
of black walnut...but no one makes axe handles out of walnut, do they?
But wait here's a video. Can/should it be done? Absolutely!
Thanks for the inspiration brother.
I've been making knives over the last year, and I really enjoy making smaller(ish) whittling knives, great for pencil sharpening and oddly enough decent for whittling, still new at it. And that's exactly how I showed people how to whittle. Two thumbs, lots of leverage, sharp sturdy knife lots of torque without going too far.
The axe is cool!
I enjoyed this video and your musings in so many different ways, a real joy to see this quality of content on UA-cam, well done Sir
This was satisfying to watch because I can relate to most of you describe. Sometimes just the experience of doing something is worth more than the end product.
i've enjoyed a number of your videos and appreciated the accompanying monologue. you are talented.
Beautiful video! I could watch wood chiseling forever. The Walnut shavings look really nice.
If you're not going to use the hatchet for wood chopping, I think it would look lovely over a mantle!
Hey pocket, you've inspired me to restore an axe myself. With my own crappy tools. Its going well so far!
The hatchet came out fantastic. Great pack axe or carving hatchet. Really dig it.
Vary cathartic listening to your philosophy. I really liked this. It does look too nice to use.
You sir, are an excellent cinematographer.
So much wisdom. You are beautiful. Keep on keeping on.
Always love watching what you do, keep it up you little rebel you.
Getting closer and closer to a face reveal💪👌
Nick Mozol I wanna see the creator of the content. But that’s just me.
I wanna know is age, he sounds 35 at the most
@@illuzion2876 he said he was in his 40s at some point
@@illuzion2876 I beleive it was in his earlier video about him going caving in his 20s
Your videos are a constant reminder that I need to acquire some teak oil.
Your videos always teach me something new! I use a rasp for most of my shaping, but I use a lot of hardwood. there's about a bajillion ways to shape a piece of wood so use what works. Btw that rhing is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Even with all the somewhat annoying uses of words sometimes, I'm kinda surprised I can sit through all that in one go and actually be entertained and learn some new things. Thanks, Pocket. Also, I saw a small glimpse of that face, you sure got me there. You always sound much much younger for some reason.
"Youre sometimes annoying, surprised i like this, you look old." Thats basically what you just said lol. Thats why no likes, just sayin.
I use palm sanders for metal all the time. They work lovely and leave a nice even finish
I love this shoot from the hip style of video. Thanks!
Beautiful work! Your videos are always entertaining. Also that was a perfect face reveal. 👌🏻
It's a documentary, not an instructional
You did a good job and like you said it's yours so it's what you wanted to use I do the same thing sometimes. Keep up the great videos
I think it looks wonderful! I didn't think the video was too long at all. I'd say do things the way you like...maybe stop worrying about what people say in the comments. :) Great video!
27:39 You can drill a small hole at the bottom to spred the pressure evenly so the splinter dose not make it crack longer down. I know you talked about no gaps but i used it on a pickaxe and it holds up very well
I really hate to tell you this but as an axe handle maker you don't suck. It looks great.
This guy is like the Bob Ross of carpentry.
I love watching these.
Me to, I just can't believe this my third half hour watching one of his axe restores, it's kinda Zen like.
So I also thought at first it was a little beefy up near the head ... while a part of me was listening to you babble on ... I thought that might be a high quaility design ... It may actually making the Axe structurally sound ... I can see you just having the best of times sitting there putzing around ... while creating valuable resource especially for extreme beginners ... I can see the negative commentors just seething ... while you sit there chuckling at them under your breath ... well done
At 21:45 I thought you were putting the hatchet handle into the fire.
This video makes me want to buy some hatchets at the flea market.
I am 12 and I enjoyed this keep up the good work
The 32 minutes were really not too long. I really enjoy to see much of the process :) But that's right, it looks more like a « ceremonial hatchet » than a one to really use and like you said, that's fine :D The result is really nice anyway :)
Zen and the art of handle making😳
walnut ain't the best choice in the world, but the grain orientation there is dead on perfect. that thing will handle some chopping just fine
Close up photography is excellent
little Zen included at no extra charge
Great work man 👍
The lesson I learned in the first five minutes of this video is: you probably could have just used that old handle like forever. that thing was basically immortal.
Hey when you were using the utility knife you did a lot of cutting against the grain, that can make you take a out a much bigger strip than you intended, and it’s also harder to do. I use a utility knife al the time and it’s really quite effective.
Agreed. I had lots of room when I was just starting out. I was talking, so I wasn't really thinking much. Whittling is simply a skill that has to be self-learnt.
Really enjoying your channel(s)
Black walnut is such a beautiful wood, it’s worth it even if it snaps some day. If it does snap, you’ve gotta make a video of exactly how you managed it with that tiny hatchet. BTW - Loved your video style. Sub’d.
Thanks for the video Pocket!
Just finished watching, holy cow, you took a $2 purchased axe and made it look like (functionality aside) a $30 axe.
My Name is Not Mr. Anderson ....... It's NEO!!!
Really enjoy your videos.
Pocket83 has become a restoration Channel it's official
Nice work!
If you have an air compressor, I highly recommend a die grinder. It'll work way better than a drill with that carbide burr. They only cost a few bucks if you want to go the harbor freight route.
I have one. Honestly, I just never use it because of how cold and noisy it is.
I've done similar "pretty" things that are very capable of their intended purpose... Axe with hardwood floor scraps laminated to make the handle, another with hard maple, thin aluminum and purple heart laminate with mosaic pins and a third with a beautiful hard maple handle and nice leather work on a walnut display, but all of them are razor sharp and choppy choppy really well... Good work, your way isn't my way and neither of them are considered "the right way"... I cut the rough shape and the bad saw and use 60 and 80 grit flap wheels, rasps, files and my random orbital sander... It's not stupid if it works...
Why dont you record it and upload it here on youtube?
@@emrefifty5281 they are already made and being used... I've got several to do yet, time being the Crux. I need to do a few videos restoring them. I have learned loads about what works efficiently for me to make handles and bring life to an axe in the last couple years.
Hatchet83?
Hatchet83²
I remember when I used to chop wood with my hammer as I pretended to be in the boyscouts. Good times.
i used a dollar store kitchen knife to replace the handle of a dollar store saw. that was fun :D
Enjoy your visual ‘explanations’ like using the cut off from the side of the handle to form the pattern for the opposite side, or how much smaller the eye of the hatchet is than a hatchet that originally had a wooden handle
A beautiful job.
The disciplines you mentioned are like Russian dolls. Physics is the mathematics of the universe. Chemistry is the physics of molecules. Biology is the chemistry of life, etc.
You could certainly look at it that way. Mathematics being the governing rules of it all: the great Matryoshka, into which all categories fall. Some esoteric philosophical discussions argue whether or not mathematics _is_ the universe. But that's a suggestion which is silliness insofar as I understand anything. Mathematics is a construct (an interpretation) of (by) consciousness; not the other way around.
Still, I wasn't suggesting that one thing/discipline was any bigger, better, or more encompassing than any other. Divisions are simply names that we give to the categories we examine. The lines are arbitrary. The littlest doll in your example would be chemistry, which chemists tend to argue is the most fundamental. lol. Everybody believes their own discipline to be the most important. But really, wouldn't the dolls be more like an ouroborus, where the littlest doll is also the largest? So the smallest doll would be life, emergent from chemicals, and which is the holder of consciousness- and _that_ is all in the universe that matters. Thus the universe _is_ conscious. A cycle.
That's heavy, man.
Don't mess with Pocket. He'll exercise his personal liberty to kick your ass.
nice, beautiful finish
You've talked about pottery before (loved the story from a few months ago), are you planning to do a video about throwing ? I'm don't want to speak for everybody but I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to see that !
Great Video. Thanks. I will buy it.?
Pocket83 "Try not to think of what I'm doing as right or wrong"
The internet: "Wrong!"
that is one shiny guy.
and the axe is shiny too.
Oh good, another axe video... Lol. Just kidding my friend.
Looking forward to hearing from you regardless of the topic.
Thanks for posting.
But I didn't take either red or blue pill...
Noooo! That's not fair Mister Yusanagi
Just under the head of the axe wrap with about 3-4 inches of stretched thick leather. In case you miss it will have a less likely chance of breaking the head off
dis guy could give me a lecture and id listen
I wonder how much of that surface smoothness that head would keep if it were needlessly blued.
Bummed by the lack of gasoline cans in the background as you were grinding off the mushrooming. Although I understand the refusal to reuse a joke. You did have the electrical sockets, though, so that was good.
soap stone = talcum powder = baby powder/nappy powder. i love the way soap stone feels so much
24:56 i love this kinds of moments in your videos
SPECTACULAR!
What's that little scrap mat thing you're working on there?
The cheeks of the handle needs thined down narrower then the axe head but it's beautiful great videos hows max holding up?
I drilled the same. then I found out if you boil thr the head the eye expands and tapping it out is way easier.
Very helpful😬👍🏻
well, I really enjoyed this vid. subscribed.
I've found that putting the grinder/flap wheels on hand tight is sufficient. Especially when you've lost the stupid wrench again.
Hey so I have a huge chip in a small Hatchet that I have and I don't want to get rid of it. the chip is in the bottom edge of the hatchet and it's about probably an inch deep and I was wondering if you could show tips on how to fix that if I should fix that
At 11:45 you ate taking a low pass filter of the axe head...
Signals processing was fun.
Awesome video, loved the editing, and you're quite likeable.We're also the same age :D
Great video thank you for making it
Hello Wranglestar,
Can i ask You for some advice?
I AM in Europe i have a small budget..
If i search for a small woodcarving axe,
To make kuksa etcetera...What to look for on fleamarkets? I AM a bit lost in alle brands and types of axes...
Greetings from Holland.
So now we know that Pocket83 is a clean-shaven bald man with dimples and abnormally stubby thumbnails. C'mon, sleuths... to the Mystery Machine!
Not bald. Blonde. I just buzz my head, because hair styling is for self-preoccupied chumps (and because I'm cheap).
5:25 like pulling out a giant booger
Got to get into the axe demographic
Oh man that fiber glass made me wince. I hate dealing with that stuff!!!