Axes & Straight Blades
“Axe for the Woods”…finished
On February 20, 2014 by jaustinAbove is yesterday’s axe after grinding, heat treating and polishing. I think it’s a good effort in this direction but I would like to widen the poll a bit on the next version. I am pleased with the mandrel I made and am getting a better idea of how closely bound the shape of the
Axes & Straight Blades
An Axe for the Woods?
On February 19, 2014 by jaustinI thought I’d try my hand at forging an axe with an asymmetrically welded eye which might be useful for work in the woods. I made a new mandrel which helped me give the axe a more wedge-like cross section – which I would expect to see on felling and limbing axes. This axe was
Axes & Straight Blades
Refining Wrought Iron
On February 18, 2014 by jaustinHaving undertaken to forge a large Type M battle axe from wrought iron and shear steel, I’m now beginning to refine a quantity of wrought iron from large, rusty square bar that I acquired last year. In this case refining amounts to forge welding a stack of bars together into a single new bar, drawing