Months ago I dug up an antique axehead. Today I turned it into a hatchet!

mrhelton · Oct 17, 2014

I put the pictures with descriptions into a single album so that I can share it with other friends

http://imgur.com/a/aYvc0

Thanks for looking! I had a lot of fun making this, and I feel like it almost gives me a connection to someone from the past, as corny as that sounds!

oleman · Oct 17, 2014

Neet---Thanks for sharing

Flush Draw · Oct 17, 2014

Purty cool pard! Nice job

Kemper · Oct 17, 2014

Nice job and looks like some good steel. Last time I used a Taiwan hatchet the metal flew apart. I would have thought you couldn't make a hatchet out of cast iron but I was wrong.

TheMountainMan · Oct 17, 2014

Cool!

AB620 · Oct 18, 2014

Really nice.

Mntnclmbr · Oct 18, 2014

Great job on a fun project. That'll be one to pass down to someone.

mrhelton · Oct 20, 2014

Today I worked on the handle and made it much nicer

grinsebring · Oct 20, 2014

5 stars

You did a fantastic job. Next time you see a yard sale with a bunch of rusty tools check it out for an old drawshave. They used them back in the day to make tool handles, wheel spokes and just about anything made of wood around a farm....... for instance these. I have seen them for sale for as low as 2 bucks
rusted like that axe head but good steel and worth restoration and use.

http://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Drawknives.html

mrhelton · Oct 20, 2014

grinsebring said:
You did a fantastic job. Next time you see a yard sale with a bunch of rusty tools check it out for an old drawshave. They used them back in the day to make tool handles, wheel spokes and just about anything made of wood around a farm.

Wow I've never heard of that, but it looks like an incredibly useful tool!

March22 · Oct 20, 2014

Just cool! Honestly, that's just so very cool! Great job!

bobbcue · Oct 20, 2014

Nice job...

Cool find...

vargg · Oct 20, 2014

wow well done.

budaf250 · Oct 20, 2014

Very nice repurpose job. That carving must have taken a bit of time.

zeemang · Oct 21, 2014

That's a great job, makes me want to make one out of some old axe heads i've got around...

Get N Dirty · Oct 22, 2014

Find another axehead and make one for me too. :grin:

Dirtfishin · Nov 9, 2014

Man that's a jam up job you did. And I really like the Ka-bar machete too. I've got a whole mess for axes, machetes, knifes, great job again...

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