Super Small Hatchet Restoration!

[SterlingSilverYT]

Hey guys! Recently I bought this small hatchet (picture below) at an antique shop for $4. The hatchet was rusted over and I thought it would be a nice project to make brand new and useable.

I begain by taking most of the rust off with my benchtop sander with 80 grit. After that, I grabbed a couple of files to get in the corners the disc sander couldn't get too. I then put some higher sandpaper on and polished and shappened the blade. I then begain to buff out the hatchet with a polishing compound. Then I started making the handel out of scrap popler I had. Its a pretty simple handel and then I glued the hatchet head to the handel with gorila glue.

I think it came out great!

I also made a video on my YouTube channel if you wanted to follow along that way


Thanks for checking it out!

 

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[Red James Cash]

Hope you didn't heat the blade up too much,otherwise,there goes the temper.

 

[SterlingSilverYT]

Hope you didn't heat the blade up too much,otherwise,there goes the temper.

No, I didn't heat it up to much! I think it will be fine

 

[Rodbuster209]

Great restoration, looks similar to a roofing hammer, the kind they use for wood shingles.

 

[Ammoman]

OMG i found that same hatchet last year...of course mine chipped when i was removing the rust. Great restoration!



It was much worse before i cleaned it.

 

[xcopperstax]

OMG i found that same hatchet last year...of course mine chipped when i was removing the rust. Great restoration!

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That looks ancient!

 

[devldog]

Very nice looking relic.

 

[Icewing]

Those, I believe are actually intended as toys.

 

[against the wind]

Great job,, it's ready to be hung on a wall

 

[Ammoman]

Those, I believe are actually intended as toys.

lol yep...try marketing a toy like that today!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the nice restoration work!

 

[A2coins]

small pipe tomahawk cool

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Super nice restoration!!! I have an old 19th century axe I’ve been planning to re-handle but I’m going to leave the patina