Thank you for publishing this video. Leafing through some 100+ year old tool catalogues I found that most manufacturers would offer to re-steel old axes. And an account by a local blacksmith mentioned that, as late as the 1940's, his workshop would be stacked high with boxes containing axe heads sent in for re-steeling. But when I went online to look for descriptions of the process I could find almost nothing and it seems the practice went out of fashion almost overnight after WWII.
I have an hatchet head I found that was not appeared to be worn but is super soft so I plan to re steel it. I saw it in a book first and went to do more research and this was the only video on it!
Excellent work!!! My brother found an old double bit on the farm that has a wrought body and not much high carbon steel left on the badly worn bits. I want to re steel it but I'm not sure what the best steel to use would be? Why did you go with O1? I've been working with wrought quite a bit lately and really been getting into forge welding. I'm really pumped about this challenge
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Thank you for publishing this video. Leafing through some 100+ year old tool catalogues I found that most manufacturers would offer to re-steel old axes. And an account by a local blacksmith mentioned that, as late as the 1940's, his workshop would be stacked high with boxes containing axe heads sent in for re-steeling. But when I went online to look for descriptions of the process I could find almost nothing and it seems the practice went out of fashion almost overnight after WWII.
I have an hatchet head I found that was not appeared to be worn but is super soft so I plan to re steel it. I saw it in a book first and went to do more research and this was the only video on it!
Excellent work!!! My brother found an old double bit on the farm that has a wrought body and not much high carbon steel left on the badly worn bits. I want to re steel it but I'm not sure what the best steel to use would be? Why did you go with O1? I've been working with wrought quite a bit lately and really been getting into forge welding. I'm really pumped about this challenge