Show Me Your Hand-Made Axe Masks.

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Dark Horse Dave

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Apr 5, 2007
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Some great work on display there. Here's one of my own efforts:

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And a little bit about how I put it together.

Before that I made the one in this pic:

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And ages before that my first effort is shown in here:

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In fact, a bit of leather just arrived yesterday so I can have another go!
 
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bob_the_baker

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May 22, 2012
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Mine so far. The billhook was the first one I did. The hawk is still a work in progress, toying with the idea of trying some decoration, this is also my first antler button20151010_111456.jpg20151010_111502.jpg
 

Clouston98

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Stunning work by everyone here! Hibrion that double bit sheath looks the biz, I'll have to sort one out for mine - the gransfors one that came with it are useless.
 

Hibrion

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Thanks, Cameron. I found the Gransfors one's annoying as they were two seperate masks. It didn't feel safe to me when taking one off at a time.
 
Thought I would contribute a few pictures to the thread. I made these a year or two ago for my own Gränsfors Bruk small forest axe and mini hatchet. The mini sits on the belt as a replacement for the knife sometimes.
The blades on both are protected against the sam browne stud screw back. Had I made them today, I would have changed a few things :)

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TallTom

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My first one I made for a friend, had trouble with the rivets being weak though... gotta source some stronger ones, any leads would be appreciated.

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TallTom

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Mar 23, 2014
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Nice work for your first. You're right about the rivets being weak though. Get some saddlers copper rivets from LePrevo, they're next to indestructable ;)
Thanks dread head, they seem expensive but I'll give them a go :)

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TallTom

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Mar 23, 2014
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What leather do people tend to use? And where is the best place to get it from? I'm talking thickness mainly.
Hi Adam, I used a 4m veg tan leather, I would go for a more flexible leather next time, only down to 3m.
I got it from J. T. Bachelors Ltd. In North London. They have a good scraps bin If you want to experiment.

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