How to Rehandle an Axe

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Originally Posted by crazysaint222

... Old tools are much, much better made than new.

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hear, hear!

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Originally Posted by Jon Mac

Brilliant news Ashley.
Glad to hear you got it together.
I hope you and your new axe have a long friendship.
Best wishes mate.
J.

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Thanks Jon!

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Originally Posted by bikebum1975

.. I have a Craftsman hewing head that was given to me gonna carve a handle for it soon ..

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Make sure you share the progress with us :) look forward to seeing it.

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Originally Posted by Ashley Cawley

hear, hear!

Thanks Jon!

Make sure you share the progress with us :) look forward to seeing it.

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Here ya go Mate working on the handle before sending out the head this coming week for a reprofile and sharpening from a buddy of mine.


http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/fo...-birch-spatula

Thanks for this really helpful thread, Ashley. The handle gave out on my trapper's axe, so today I finally got round to cutting down a good
straight ash from which I split out a piece of a quarter-section for my new handle.Just gotta shape it and fit it now, but I have one question...
where you drove the two oak wedges at top, I assume you first sawed a kerf in the top of the handle to accept them?
Thanks,
Jack.