Well its more like a hatchet. Axe just sounds cooler. I'll get to that in a minute. Anyway, as some you reading this may know, my Mom is very crafty. She makes different kinds of dolls, mermaids and other things. My younger brother draws, does wood burning, and is now working with water colors. So, needless to say, I have some ability somewhere in these hands. I have to find it yet. I been having this urge to build a bird house. Nothing major, just something to get started. So, I bought some wood and some Dremel attachments I think I need.
Now the part about the hatchet. I found this hatchet in a basement pit that used to have my Dad's house over it (It burned down when we were young). In January 2004, my Grandparents house burned along with major damage to their garage. This hatchet was from that fire. I took pictures to show what it looked like before I started on it. As you can tell, its all rusted over and the handle is damaged.
I started to grind the blade to see if it could even be salvaged. I used a grinding attachment to start. As the blade started to shine, I decided to at least get the rust off the head. I've been experimenting with different things to help get the rust pits out. Honestly, I have know idea what I'm doing. I do know little things about grinding and sanding. So this is a learning thing for me. You never know, maybe, just maybe I find out a little about myself along the way.
About Me
- Brian
- I am now 49 am also an Amazon Associate. When I started this blog, I was 37. My wife and I have 4 kids between us. Three kids are grown and on their own. The last one at home is now 17. We still have two dogs; they are Tucker and Timber. We also have 13 chickens.
Good to see you posting again! The axe is looking much better already, can't wait to see how the handle looks when you finish. Pictures are a fine size but if you reduce them don't make them too small where we can't see details. I'm the first comment (:
ReplyDeleteI love it! Your Dad and Grandpa would be so proud of you :)
ReplyDeleteVery impressive! It's neat how you took something that has been exposed to different elements, and bring it perhaps close to it's original state. What a vision you have! Look forward to see it finished.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about all that.Its funny cause I did find A stamped letter on it "B" and a couple of other small markings. I'm willing to bet the ole hatchet is quite old.The other thing I have to remember is that every rust mark might not come out.
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