“Axe for the Woods”…finished

Above 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 axe is to the shape of the mandrel – they need to be designed together.  Here are a few more pictures:

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