Axe Restoration of an Antique 200 Year Old Hatchet
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- I really loved restoring this hatchet head and making the handle for it. I turned out incredible and I love the way it feels. I hope you enjoy watching the whole creation.
The more I worked on this hatchet the more convinced I was that this axe was really old. There are inconsistencies in the metal that make me believe that it was forged from raw ore. I would really love to know more about the history of the hatchet.
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I really appreciate that you left everything alone and only restored the working surfaces, That's how a restoration should look.
Thanks! This axe really turned out beautiful I couldn’t agree with you more. I’m hoping it will now last another couple hundred years.
Bingo. Pit and polish is the way to go. Unless you have to sand past defect. Even then, I like to do a forced patina.
@@CloudfeatherRusticWorks I don't care for forced patina. in fact, I like em clean... pitted or not. The pitting is the true patina, not any rust color. I think it's a near perfect restoration considering what the head was.
Couldn't have said it better myself, have seen so many "restorations" where people have destroyed the patina and make them shine which In my opinion destroys the object
opinions are like peoples assholes!
as i metal detect i find many old axes//mallets and various tools..and of course buttons..coins etc..it gives a great way to find connections to the past..and is a lot of fun..might be a good activity for your troop..and a tie in to old tools..restoring them and a sense of accomplishment...great job as usual..
Thats always cool to get a big old item. I found what looks like a hand made saw blade about 18inches deep in the ground when I removed the brick and mortar pad under my garage to rebuild it. That makes it at least 98 years old.
Happy hunting.
I love these roofing/shingle hatchets. My Grandmother, before she passed, gave me all her grandfathers tools, some from 1850, most before 1900. Two of these hatchets included, with handles in better shape than the heads. My favorite part of restoring old tools is trying to keep the "old" look while making them fully functional again. Not always possible, like a reaping scythe with attached catcher. That got cleaned up and preserved. Too beautiful and fragile to use. The other scythes though are in use.
Awesome we need to do what we can to preserve their history.
@@oldshovel Agree, and so did my Grandmother. I got the tools and became the 'hated' nephew and grandchild by those that wanted to sell the tools and make a quick buck. She saw what was happening, so I got the tools, among other things.
Rust pitting wont affect the way it works. Gives it character. Nice job.
Thanks 🙏
Our property in the mountains of central New Mexico was homesteaded over 110 years ago. A couple of days ago, my daughter found a double edge axe head buried in the dirt where the blacksmith shop burned down about 90-100 years ago. It's in bad bad shape, but I'm tempted after watching this to work on restoration. The rusty patina is cool, but I'd love to bring it back to life! Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome thanks
Thank
You
For putting the oil
In the head of the handle
Many people dry hang it, linseed oil every single part except whats in the eye. People then say "THATS GONNA LAST ANOTHER 90 YEARS"
to which I reply-
"The head is gonna fly off in 10 or less BECAUSE the head will rot out from the eye because they never oil the damn HEAD OF THE HANDLE!!"
Great job, so many videos show someone taking an angle grinder to a piece and giving it a mirror finish or putting an inappropriate handle on removing its character and history. This is how it should be done.🤙🏻
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You have someone in mind?
Like an aluminium handle...
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THIS IS RESTORATION! all it really needs is to be cleaned up, edge sharpening, a new handle and that's it.
Agreed.
something I learned from my dad: adding a small amount of mineral spirits to your linseed oil temporarily reduces the density of the oil and allows it to penetrate deeper, then the mineral spirits evaporates locking the linseed oil deeper into the handle.
Good tip! Thanks 🙏
Thanks
woah cool.that's next level stuff!
that's how restoration should be done by keeping original components and original look .not giving a mirror shine and new metal handle.great work
I totally agree. I wish the TH-cam universe felt the same. It seams to reward the mirror polishing 🙁 I did not have the heart to do that to this axe head when it came out of the Evaporust and I realized what I had.
More than one way to skin a.....
Great comment
Ty for not talking while refurbishing this nice old half hatchet. The time elapse mixed in with normal recording was a great idea. You did a great job restoring this item. Great video, awesome.
I really love old tool restoration. I could watch other people do it for hours... Nice work, glad you left the roughness to the head.
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It’s nice to see old tools given new life.
Thanks 🙏. That’s what it’s all about.
A very tasteful restoration, good to see someone resist the urge to grind away all an old tool's character. Thankyou sir
AMEN! Thanks, I totally agree. There are times when a polish is good and times when it is not.
That's not "character," that's heavy rust damage, which only means it was neglected. "Character" comes from honest wear and tear, not neglect.
@@MaximRecoil Why the repeated anger?...it's not worth it.😎
@@saginawdan Since your reply doesn't logically follow from anything I said, it's a non sequitur, and as such, consider it dismissed out of hand.
Beautifully sympathetic restoration here. Still feels rustic. Still has all of its charm. Great work.
Thanks 🙏
My dad just gave me a rusty old hatchet head. Looks exactly like yours but without the pitting. Thanks for posting, you've inspired me to save it.
Great work... I love how you cleaned it up put it back into working order. "If only it could talk".. Well done.
I know right. I wish it could talk.
Yea i can see the old age it has on it from the maker wow from all the hammering it took to make and the work it has served to the owner.
It’s a cool axe. A true piece of history.
This one looked great I like how you left it pitted made it look way better. You did a really good job
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I appreciate the way you "carved" the new handle. To me it was probably more in line with the way the first handle was made for it
I'm getting ready to start on my great grandpa's just like this. Had wondered what it would look like if I left the pitting to not hide it's age. So glad I watched this. It saved me from making a bad decision. Awesome job.
Love the natural finish and the polished cutting edge!!! Awesome!!! Try a light torch burn finish then oil on some of your wood handles...it really brings out the grain!!!
My mind is blown that he didn't polish it down to a mirror surface. Kudos on the restoration!
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Thank you for restoring old tool, makes me happy
Very nice you brought that old tool back to life.
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Here in Canada, I was told that's a lath & plasters hammer used before dry wall became in common use. Used to cut wood lath to length, and then nail onto wall studs. Although another old timer here told me the roofers used these to shape cedar roof shingles to width, and nail them on. The slot in the head was used to hook under the nail, and pry up wards to remove broken wood shingles in roof repair work. Guess different geography, different uses.
Always good to watch a restoration video that didn't consist of someone dangerously unqualified using an angle grinder to grind everything until it looks like straight trash.
Thanks, though I may often be unqualified 😁.
Well said! Not to mention a dangerous practice, & a possible waste of good vintage steel.
@@chachadodds5860 theres been a few that have made me exceedingly angry, in my professional capacity as an engineer. Very vintage pieces of work that have evidently been heat treated using traditional methods (clay baking, sufrace hardening via pack carbonizing, etc) just completely destroyed by some clown angle grinding it then "using a blowtorch" to get the temper back.
I have a hatchet that matches that one that is much smotther on the surface and you can easily see that it is hand made in a forge by how the weld was hammered to make the socket for the handle. I have not been able to date it yet. It has a maple handle that split but still holds and I have used it alot over the last 30 years. Now with your help I can fit it with a handle, thanks.
I enjoyed your video. I have changed a lot of hammer, ax, hatchet, and maul handles. Watching you, gave me one of those ah hah moments when we ask ourselves how come we didn't think of that. I always hated when the wedge would split. Just huse a drive block dumbbell. Thanks
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Goodell and Pratt tool makers, Jd Pratt probably made the hatchet! Being a black smith myself I love hand forged items .
At one point, you were using an axe, to make an axe, out of an old axe handle. 😁
It’s like poetry
Woodworkers version of alliteration
Personally I like mirror finishes on tools, especially axes. However you have chosen well with this tool. A beautiful job, respecting the age of that axe. Thank you for taking us on your journey.🙏
Sweet. Im learning stuff daily, enjoying this new craft. Nice work
I have two of these very rusty hatchet heads that my neighbor and I found in my yard with the help of his metal detector. This is gold rush era gold country Northern California. He dated them being late 1800’s. He said he’s probably found around 50 of them over the years. I plan to restore these two, very inspired by this video. Hope they come out close to this nice 👍
sir that was a great job restoring that old shingling hatchet I have my great great grandfathers, it looks just like that
I believe it was used for making shakes and placing them.
I suspected the slit in the side was something to do with shingles
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, that looks like what they called a "shingle hammer" it could cut cedar shingles to size with the hatchet, pull nails, and drive nails as the shingler needed. Great Job restoring it!
Whey can i say, that hasn't already been said. Awesome job! True to the old soul.
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Looks like a family heirloom now. Beautiful.
Thanks
Thanks for not fooling with that great hammered texture! Wasn't sure where you were going with the handle at first, but it's a mini work of art. Great job!
love thinking about the history of a certain item and what it could of been through and seen :-D
when oiling or putting finish on wood, a paper towel works just as good as your hand, and doesn't get your hands as messy
He was using boiled linseed oil. It has a tendency to spontaneously combust when rags are soaked and left alone. Best to dispose of in a fire
WOW!
I just completed one identical to this ax head. It was hand forged with the identical shape but it was so beat up I had to do more metal removing than I wanted too. It really looks good and the metal still has its temper.
Hi!I just dug this exact thing up in a cellar hole...I love in maine!
Tastefully restored ... You addressed the surfaces that were mandatory to do so, replaced a missing component and finished it according to it's time in history. Very well done ...
Thanks I like it when folks appreciate the things I appreciate.
I too am glad you left the age marks on it. Great work!
I liked the way you restored it without taking away any of the character! The wood looked like a period correct match for the axe, great workmanship. The original craftsman would have been pleased.
Hell yeah! It takes a long time for for the metal to get that age. I love working on pieces like that.
I've got an identical axe head and a Kobalt hickory handle I could fashion together. This video kinda inspires me to do something with mine. Good job on yours, looks nice.
Looks good. I like the handle's workmanship and the weather beaten head.
Thanks 🙏
Perfect restoration!
You returned its functionality while keeping the old charm! You just earned another subscriber.
Thanks 🙏 I agree this restoration was my favorite so far. I love how it turned out. Perfect.
I plan to watch all your projects thanks its a treat!
good work for not removing axe history... 👍👍👍
others may polish it until mirrorr look & changes it looks..
Wow that REALLY turned out nice
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Well Done Sir.
Glad u didn't pollish that to a mirror finish.
Cool! I have the same shape hatchet I found on my property.
Mine is stamped "No.1 Collins & r. Cast Steel....."
I live on a Cattle ranch and am always finding old cans and horse shoes but this hatchets the coolest find so far!
Unfortunately mine has a massive crack where the handle goes but I should be able to weld it and restore it np.
Thanks for the vid!
Beautiful old framing hatchet!
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Absolutely amazing work and ethics applied here. Cheers
Personally I would have done the handle a little darker to highlight the age and nature of the piece but each their own
I have one of those that I also hung on an old axe handle that I cut down. It is my favorite go-to- chopper.
Looks Great.. Over the winter my nephew and i have been cutting/selling large cedar log's.Many years ago i found a cant hook in the rubble of an old collapsed barn and it came in very handy this past winter even though i only had a hickory limb for a handle.
I now got time to make a good handle for it.. I'm confident that if i use a hatchet as you do i can get it done.
Thank you for sharing video's of the work you do . Great stuff.
Another masterful job, well done. You sir, are a true craftsman. Love your videos.
Thanks 🙏 much appreciated!
Very nice job. Not over done.
Your voice and patterns of speech are so measured and calm, you ought to read for kids’ bedtime audiobooks. Soooooooothing.
Beautiful work..a great tool lives again !
Thanks
i liked the sanding the most
Looks like an carpenter axe or roofers axe, used to shape shingles with axe part and tack down with hammer end
Yep spot on I think. I’ve loved carving with it though. Works great.
I have one just like that ,but it was only the 2nd one that I refinished and I got it to hte mirror stage with some pits yet,I like the way yours turned out.I know better now not to have to get looking brand new.And I was able to reuse original hanle so it does look good
Love these types of tools...👌👍
WOW! It is beautiful!
Well Done! It looks awesome!
Que bello diseño antiguo ha quedado excelente.
Saludos desde Medellín
Great job. Thanks for the video.
Nice job for what you had to work with starting point wise. This is a roofer's hatchet by the way, you could nail with the hammer head, split the cedar shakes with the hatchet, and pull nails that didn't go in right with the slot.
Great task complete, a good inspiration to those restorer amongst us, well done cobber.
Really nice! I really like how you restored it but left the age. Good work!
Thanks
I agree texture is awsome Bert here again great job bro
Why have you only got 8.3 subs? This is amazing... I'll be following from now on
That’s beautiful 😍
Have you ever read any of Eric Sloane's books? A museum of Early American tools would be right up your alley. I really enjoyed this restoration thanks.
I have a few of his books. They’re awesome. Thanks for watching.
I love that you oiled the wedge and the part of the haft that becomes inaccessible after the helving is done beforehand. Many don't. Once you found those letters on the cheek of the blade, were you able to learn more about the axe?
I have not learned much about the maker but I have about the use of the hatchet. I’m planning on a follow up video about to the axe and age and ask viewers to help fill in the gaps. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hey man! This is Byron with Broad River Knives. Awesome video! I’m glad she’s back in action!!
Thanks Byron! I really like how it turned out.
What you call a "half-hatchet" is often referred to as a "lathing hammer" as in plaster-and-lath wall finishing (no drywall back then). They are smaller and lighter than a typical hatchet. When hanging lath on studs and the piece is too long, it is scored on both sides with the blade, snapped, then nailed into place with the hammer side.
It was nice to see you oil the wedge and handle before setting (hanging) the head. I was taught to do this 50 years ago by my father and have never had a wedge nor a head on anything I've re-handled come loose. Glued-in wedges are completely unnecessary. Cheers.
Yes I totally agree. Since looking into the axe more to discover when it could be from I seen that that was what it was used for back then. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice work. Back to life.
So cool to watch, I just started doing restorations like this as well. Not on youtube yet :) Thank you for showing how you do it, and have a great weekend!
This one was a favorite of mine. I love it and how awesome it ended up. Thanks for watching.
beautiful job. That metal looks terrific!
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This is the way it should be done. Leaving the tools "Soul!" Well done!!! ...Newk from Kentucky
Thanks I agree.
Excellent restoration!
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The new handle was beautiful with its ancient polished patina. A bit more work could have polished after sanding to reflect the age of the head.
Nice work. The handle fit is great.
Thanks! Agreed. Thanks for watching.
Very cool, might want to cross pin that with a piece of Steel
Very beautiful work.
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Beautiful tool.
Another great one! Wishing you TH-cam success!
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Nice job on that handle homie!
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Beautiful job
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Nice rigging axe! Yes , that's what it's called . came out good. These things are also called, problem solvers.lol. keep It sharp!
My cat really enjoyed this one.
Not sure if you cooled it off screen, but anytime you grind/resurface the cutting edge of tools like this or a striking edge, you want to cool it. Heating it can mess with the tempering etc.
I did the grinding in spurts to help keep it fro overheating. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Next time you're ordering your klingspor sandpaper, remember to order a belt sander cleaner. You'll stop burning up your wood.
Thanks for the tip
Nice work!
Nice job!