Is there life left in the old axe?

[Col.Decker]

My dear old Nan passed away nearly 8 years ago. Anyhoo the other day my dad gave me 'her old chopper' that he'd found knocking around the garage.

(Tennis ball for scale )

It's a 2 1/4 lb-er that she used it for chopping wood for the fire and I love that the back of the axe head is hammered flat after God knows how many years breaking up lumps of coal!!

Rubbish or not I'll keep it but do you recon it could be useful for camping?

 

[Col.Decker]

It's a bit of a Trigger's axe, it's had many handles lol

 

[santaman2000]

No. No life left at all. Send it to me along with a $20 disposal fee and I'll see to it that it's properly discarded

 

[Col.Decker]

Haha I'll take that as a yes then

 

[woof]

I got one very similar that was in my dads shed, it'll last for years, mines now in Israel with a forum member.

Rob

 

[ozzy1977]

Not much wrong with that.

 

[Samon]

There's a few more lifetimes left in that axe, mate!

Bare essential needs are a sharpen/reprofile. But you could go further and remove the mushrooming on the poll, reshape the cutting edge so its symetircal, remove all the rust and bring it to a shine, stain the handle and wax that beast up!

Not forgetting a new leather mask to keep your fingers safe and it will be a very handy tool to take in the woods!

(If you need help with advice/some one to do it for you send me a pm and we can sort I out for ya!)

 

[Clouston98]

That's a solid axe that mate- a good sharpen a bit of wire wool you're sorted!

 

[sunndog]

Any life left in it?.......if looked after it will out live us all

 

[Col.Decker]

Great thanks! Sounds like a little winter project for me, thanks for the offer of info Samon, I'll probably take you up on that too

 

[Paulm]

Reprofile and sharpen as necessary and put it to work.

The patina is a badge of honour and I wouldn't personally try and shine it up and destroy it's age and history in the process, but each to their own

A few wipes of linseed oil on the handle and some usage will soon darken that down a bit.

Cheers, Paul