Hammer head axe

  • Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.

kristophish

Native
Mar 17, 2012
1,041
23
nuneaton
I've been wanting to have a go at making an axe for a while but punching and drifting the eye was my biggest problem.

So I decided to try one from a 2lb ball pein.

Not to shabby for a first attempt if I do say so my self. It needs more work but nearly there
4ae8a6df40dcfe2cd0e9d0041893ee32.jpg
27a9dfbb9e62b4f86666c625c744a804.jpg


Sent from my BV7000 using Tapatalk
 
Looks good bud. I started one of them years ago. Lots of work involved so well done indeed. Do post pics once you've got it finished. :) All the best Andy
 
Aye Up,

Cracking job, you can see already that it will end up a very nice looking piece of kit. Using it will be all the more satisfying knowing that you created it.
 
Looks great dude!

if you have any more trouble with the eye, get a die grinder for a drill, it'll clean it up and widen with no issues.

Got a picture of the head post forging? must have been pretty big..!
 
Looks great dude!

if you have any more trouble with the eye, get a die grinder for a drill, it'll clean it up and widen with no issues.

Got a picture of the head post forging? must have been pretty big..!

Cheers samon I'll give that a try. No pics sorry but it wasn't a big hammer just a generic old ball pein
 

BCUK Shop

We have a a number of knives, T-Shirts and other items for sale.

SHOP HERE