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I'm pretty sure this was the first axe I ever made. Along with its companion "the insanely large, flimsy, ill-researched and *ugly* skeggox" (which I am too embarresed to show to anyone anymore), this set me on my unconventional path to axe-making. I hope you're properly impressed.

XD

You can see the process I use very clearly in this axe -black iron pipe for the socket, mild steel plate for the blade body, and a high carbon bit all covered up with filler weld. The bit is then heated, quenched and tempered, while the body is normalized for resiliance. I learned a lot making, breaking, and fixing this axe. For one, files are more trouble than they're worth to use as blade. For two, 1/4" plate, though it's heavy when you pick it up, isn't *nearly* heavy enough to make a decent axe -it bent in half the first time I used it. It's much better now.
These days -as you can see from the more recent Tomahawks- I plan my projects just a little bit better. They come out prettier that way.

Still, it's a handy tool. It's been used as everything from a felling axe to a sod axe (lord, never again!), and hasn't needed re-handling or repair.
Okay, memory lane is closed now.

Description
I'm pretty sure this was the first axe I ever made. Along with its companion "the insanely large, flimsy, ill-researched and *ugly* skeggox" (which I am too embarresed to show to anyone anymore), this set me on my unconventional path to axe-making. I hope you're properly impressed.

XD

You can see the process I use very clearly in this axe -black iron pipe for the socket, mild steel plate for the blade body, and a high carbon bit all covered up with filler weld. The bit is then heated, quenched and tempered, while the body is normalized for resiliance. I learned a lot making, breaking, and fixing this axe. For one, files are more trouble than they're worth to use as blade. For two, 1/4" plate, though it's heavy when you pick it up, isn't *nearly* heavy enough to make a decent axe -it bent in half the first time I used it. It's much better now.
These days -as you can see from the more recent Tomahawks- I plan my projects just a little bit better. They come out prettier that way.

Still, it's a handy tool. It's been used as everything from a felling axe to a sod axe (lord, never again!), and hasn't needed re-handling or repair.
Okay, memory lane is closed now.