I was bored so I turned an old axe head into something I can hang on my wall.

[coinman123]

I had some free time at 3pm to around 5pm and turned the vintage axe head I found into something pretty cool.

Anyways, The axe head is not very old, maybe 1930's or 1940's. It is a commercially made axe head with the words, "Red Knight stamped on it. I saw a fleck of red paint the very top too. Any help IDing it would be cool.

Well, I decided to clean it up and put it in my "iron pile" in my shed until I had an idea. Why not clean it up, leave a nice dark patina, and put a new handle and put it on my wall?? For the first hour I was cleaning the opening where the handle would go, some old wood chips from the original handle were left in there. I noticed that there were long iron spikes for the handle to go in. Next I went into my yard and looked for the perfect "handle" I found a nice stick and snapped it to the right size. Than I fixed up the ends to be flat. I chipped it to the right width with a screw diver and Swiss-Army-Knife. Then I grabbed my sledge hammer and hammered the branch in, making sure that it nailed into the big spikes. I then grabbed some little woods chips and hammered them in the right of the opening for the handle. The handle was in there so firm that it did not wiggle the slightest bit.

What do you think?? I turned what used to be a common axe head from my finds pile to something that can be displayed on a wall as a piece of art.

 

[TheHunterGT]

Looks awesome to me. I have always like a rustic style decorated home or business.

Sounds silly but that is why I like to eat at the Cracker Barrel. All the cool old pictures and signs and things they have on the walls. Sure some are probably fake or replicas...but it sure looks neat.

Takes me into a time I did not exist and I love that feeling. I like the 50's milkshake/hamburger type places too. Really neat stuff.

 

[Ahab8]

Very cool. I have a buddy here in Maine that just took a colonial belt buckle he found and put it on a belt to wear. It is awesome. I love seeing this stuff being used again

 

[Loco-Digger]

a piece of art that can serve as personal protection. Never know when the zombies will come.

 

[coinman123]

Very cool. I have a buddy here in Maine that just took a colonial belt buckle he found and put it on a belt to wear. It is awesome. I love seeing this stuff being used again

I agree, I love it when items can be used/re-purposed again. If there is a chance I can bring a find back to it's former glory I will do it. I have tried to repurpose items more than once but I'm happiest with this axe head.

 

[coinman123]

I wear a pendant from the late 1500's...
And a ring with a rare Lima 1660.
Everyday... even when diving.

Now that's cool!!! It is awesome to think that you are wear the same jewelry someone wore 400 years ago. If I find any nice silver/gold jewelry that old I will wear it proudly.


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