Wow this really is a great video I was watching then half way through I was like I really like this guy then I looked at the channel and it’s small I just wish UA-cam out the right people in the spot light sometimes.
The stamp is True Temper Flint Edge. On this side of the Atlantic I couldn't imagine putting such a rough and ready hang on an axe like that (effective, I agree, but not pretty) but then I guess you don't see many Elwell or Brades where you are. Over here I'd have looked at more of a restoration for that, with it being cheap and common where you are I can see the worth in repairing it quickly and swinging it. For restoring old, dried handles you can completely immerse them in boiled linseed oil for days, even weeks, and then burnish the wood back as the oil sweats out later. Takes ages but works, not really suitable for a project like this though.
I knew going into it the old handle wasn’t going to let me do a beautiful hang. Worked with what I had to get it working same day. I’m not happy with the aesthetics of this hang but very happy with the integrity. It’ll likely last forever or until I overstrike and break it lol subscribe and I’ll make sure I post the most glorious video some day of me masterfully putting a new handle on this baby. A full throttle restoration to make you happy!
@@WINOtinkery Genuinely not my intent, you were very clear you were fixing it up to use and that is a good thing. The only bit I winced at was not cutting a new wooden wedge that fits, but with the two barrel wedges I expect that head is rock solid. I also think there need to be some tools out there to actually use, it was what they were made for. You shrugged at a bit of overstrike damage from splitting big rounds, if you'd spent two months soaking and burnishing the handle back to a super shiny condition you'd have been swearing at the very least. If it were a full factory condition restoration I doubt you'd even swing it at a log and that would be a shame. My point is that I find it interesting how people in different countries see different tools. We just don't have a supply of old US axe heads in Britain, what is over here was imported by collectors and they don't turn up cheap at car boot sales. To get an axe head like that shipped to the UK is a minimum of $25 postage plus the actual purchase price, with import taxes on top, so I'd never consider the rapid repair an option. You can find a whole bunch of massive, seven pound Welsh pattern heads over here cheaply enough, I expect they're seriously rare in your neck of the woods and as such I doubt you'd just patch one up in a day to swing it. I might, if I got it cheap and it wasn't as nice as some of my others, but that's because I see them regularly enough to treat them like the tools they are.
@@jordanstevens8132 hey I totally get what you’re saying. I would love to shop around other countries to see what pops up at their garage sales. I don’t typically get too caught up in collecting axes for the sake of collecting though. Although I enjoy it it kind of weirds me out that when these old axes were new someone bought them to use. Then over the years it goes unused and eventually lost. Then someone today finds it and all of a sudden it’s a tool that can’t be used anymore? Nah. My philosophy is to not ruin the head. The handle is replaceable and doesn’t hold much value to me. If I try to save a handle it’s an economics thing usually. I really need to find a good source for affordable top quality handles. Can’t do those hardware store handles anymore.
I had an axe with a similar shape handle, and I liked it a lot! It's sitting broken somewhere, but I want to trace it out and try to replicate it. Yours turned out really nice
There’s a few makers out there making top quality handles with old school designs. Expensive though. Give it a shot. Way easier to make with a bandsaw. Freehand is very difficult
Nice work. It looks great. Great video 👍
Thank you. You’re my top supporter lol
Wow this really is a great video I was watching then half way through I was like I really like this guy then I looked at the channel and it’s small I just wish UA-cam out the right people in the spot light sometimes.
Seriously appreciate that comment. Ya UA-cam doesn’t like to make things easy lol
Fun fix, thanks for the content!
You’re welcome bot
The stamp is True Temper Flint Edge. On this side of the Atlantic I couldn't imagine putting such a rough and ready hang on an axe like that (effective, I agree, but not pretty) but then I guess you don't see many Elwell or Brades where you are. Over here I'd have looked at more of a restoration for that, with it being cheap and common where you are I can see the worth in repairing it quickly and swinging it.
For restoring old, dried handles you can completely immerse them in boiled linseed oil for days, even weeks, and then burnish the wood back as the oil sweats out later. Takes ages but works, not really suitable for a project like this though.
I knew going into it the old handle wasn’t going to let me do a beautiful hang. Worked with what I had to get it working same day. I’m not happy with the aesthetics of this hang but very happy with the integrity. It’ll likely last forever or until I overstrike and break it lol subscribe and I’ll make sure I post the most glorious video some day of me masterfully putting a new handle on this baby. A full throttle restoration to make you happy!
You kind of low key annihilated me here lol
@@WINOtinkery Genuinely not my intent, you were very clear you were fixing it up to use and that is a good thing. The only bit I winced at was not cutting a new wooden wedge that fits, but with the two barrel wedges I expect that head is rock solid. I also think there need to be some tools out there to actually use, it was what they were made for. You shrugged at a bit of overstrike damage from splitting big rounds, if you'd spent two months soaking and burnishing the handle back to a super shiny condition you'd have been swearing at the very least. If it were a full factory condition restoration I doubt you'd even swing it at a log and that would be a shame.
My point is that I find it interesting how people in different countries see different tools. We just don't have a supply of old US axe heads in Britain, what is over here was imported by collectors and they don't turn up cheap at car boot sales. To get an axe head like that shipped to the UK is a minimum of $25 postage plus the actual purchase price, with import taxes on top, so I'd never consider the rapid repair an option. You can find a whole bunch of massive, seven pound Welsh pattern heads over here cheaply enough, I expect they're seriously rare in your neck of the woods and as such I doubt you'd just patch one up in a day to swing it. I might, if I got it cheap and it wasn't as nice as some of my others, but that's because I see them regularly enough to treat them like the tools they are.
@@jordanstevens8132 hey I totally get what you’re saying. I would love to shop around other countries to see what pops up at their garage sales. I don’t typically get too caught up in collecting axes for the sake of collecting though. Although I enjoy it it kind of weirds me out that when these old axes were new someone bought them to use. Then over the years it goes unused and eventually lost. Then someone today finds it and all of a sudden it’s a tool that can’t be used anymore? Nah. My philosophy is to not ruin the head. The handle is replaceable and doesn’t hold much value to me. If I try to save a handle it’s an economics thing usually. I really need to find a good source for affordable top quality handles. Can’t do those hardware store handles anymore.
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I had an axe with a similar shape handle, and I liked it a lot! It's sitting broken somewhere, but I want to trace it out and try to replicate it. Yours turned out really nice
There’s a few makers out there making top quality handles with old school designs. Expensive though. Give it a shot. Way easier to make with a bandsaw. Freehand is very difficult
I forgot to say thank you :)
@@WINOtinkery haha you’re welcome!
I bought a fancy handle .I some how left eye short like this one.i was wondering what I could do..your barrel wedges might be the answer 🤔..thanks