An American Axe - in British Hands - an axe restoration project

[milius2]

superb job! Being nuts about axes I envy you a lot!!!

 

[Bodge]

Great read BR, thanks for posting.

 

[the interceptor boy]

great tutorial British Red.

cheers the interceptor boy.

 

[Tengu]

Oh, that was absolutley a fantastic job.

Ill have to get to work on some of my old axes...But I doubt I will be able to do such a good job.

 

[British Red]

Do three or four and you will Tengu - I'm still learning, but if you go slow and patiently it'll look good and work well. A belt sander helps - but they come up cheap all the time

 

[Hugo]

Nicely done Red mate, is that a pick axe handle you used, I picked up a nice one for a pound recently and am keeping it for a future project.

 

[British Red]

Hi Hugo, its a purpose made straight axe helve, my mate sent it from the US with the axe head. More oval in profile than an pick axe handle

 

[Corfe]

Inspirational, and a superb walk-through. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Nomad]

What did ypu use for the beeswax? A particular product? Pure beeswax? If the latter, how did you apply it?

 

[British Red]

Beeswax cut with pure turpentine to make a wax polish. Just rubbed it in with a soft cloth. Any beeswax furniture polish (solid type) would do....if you don't keep bees