Ax restoration

Dirty Digger Doug

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This ax head is from a 1855 home site. I am assuming it is from that time period. I put a store bought handle on it. I did remove the factory varnish and refinished it. The steel of this ax is 3X harder that the hatchet I restored. It was extremely rusted and pitted. The sharp edge must have slammed a few rocks and was flat in places. As I took the rust off at the back of the head there were two rows of manufacturer information but was not legible, could only recognize as letters. This will go to the owner of the field where it was found.

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ANTIQUARIAN

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Your axe restoration looks amazing Doug. :occasion14:
Kudos to you for offering it back to the property owner too.

These types of relics take a lot of time and patience to restore, as I'm sure you can now appreciate.
I've probably restored 10 axeheads so far, but because they take so much work, I now sell any unrestored heads I find to a guy who restores and uses them for an axe-throwing club in Toronto. :laughing7:

Thanks for your post,
Dave
 

Tom_Restorer

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Great work!

Such pieces in good condition has no historical worth in my opinion but to restore and use it again is a great Idea I like!

Such old tools are mostly in way higher quality as you can buy today!!

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Doug, have a look at my restoration thread:

 

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