Tarting up an old axe

[cheb]

Spawn needs a chopper and this skip find will do nicely.



A bash with the bench grinder mounted wire wheel gets this:



Now I wait for a handle to be delivered.

[Skub]

I thought for a minute you were blinging up a 55 Telecaster. Now that's an old axe.

[DefTrap]

Is that mark on it significant of anything interesting? Is it worth saving is what I suppose I am saying? (the junk fairs I go to are full of interesting old axes, mainly just useable heads tbh, and I always wonder if they are worth looking at or were retired for a rteason ...)

[cheb]

I thought for a minute you were blinging up a 55 Telecaster. Now that's an old axe.

Even better would be a battleaxe. I miss 'Your mum' jokes.

Now it's clean and had the loupe on it I can see it's made by Whitehouse of Cannock.

A quick look on Ebay shows a lot of Whitehouse axes but none of the same shape. There's value in old tools but it's very variable, and I think marketing has a lot to do with it. Vehicle restorers seem to be the best at paying good money. Furrow depth spanners can sell for a good return on time.

[demographic]

I think I bought a few Whitehouse small cross pien (sp?) hammers for my wife a few years ago.
And I've put a new helve onto a hatchet I bought off Greengrass a while ago.
Had some ash but the grain was kind of diagonal and the wood was too thin so I laminated it.
Wasn't sure how long I wanted the helve (I often prefer long but light hammers to shorter heavier ones) so I left the helve very long so its a bit straighter than most hatchet helves.
Still needs a clean up with a spokeshave and wedge fitted but I'm a slacker so its waiting on my healing bench.
I'll fire a pic up later.

[Jody]

I need to get out more.



My brain read the OP as "texting an old ex"

Which, if you're not sure. You should absolutely never do!

[ZRX61]

[cheb]

I don't plan on doing anything so elaborate, at most the handle will get oiled and then it'll be in use.