Holes were probably to pin the handle an somebody ground the ears off the bottom to make it easier to haft the points on the bottom dig in to the handle. With out lil extra wood work in those areas. Great job sir looks great!!!!!
I like to hit it with a heat gun before applying the blue, seems to get deeper smoother finish. Make it warm not hot, if its too hot the chemical reaction seems to go to fast and looks streaky. Hit it with 0000 between coats, wipe down with water and clean rag, rewarm (helps make sure its dry as well) and apply again. Great job fixing the issues, that is how I like to do it as well, fix the issues but keep the character. Excellent job and that is a nice axe to add to the collection.
If you don’t care much about the head, I recommend grinding/sanding as smooth as you can, degrease a lot, then apply without allowing it to streak. Let completely dry, #00 steel wool, wipe clean, then repeat until desired finish. These value on these older more desirable heads would gone if I did all of that. But a cheaper less desirable head would be great!
Hey Doug, Nice job on that axe. That is exactly what my plan was to restore my axe head. Thanks for the video!
Right on! 👍🏻
Holes were probably to pin the handle an somebody ground the ears off the bottom to make it easier to haft the points on the bottom dig in to the handle. With out lil extra wood work in those areas. Great job sir looks great!!!!!
That turned out awesome, love the burning of the handle.
Thanks, it’s one of those things that seem easy, but extremely tricky.
@@IndianaDoug I don’t doubt that it was tricky, great work!
Nice job Doug!
Thanks Chris, what a learning curve on this axe work. You make it look so easy
Turned out well mate, nice job!👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I like to hit it with a heat gun before applying the blue, seems to get deeper smoother finish. Make it warm not hot, if its too hot the chemical reaction seems to go to fast and looks streaky. Hit it with 0000 between coats, wipe down with water and clean rag, rewarm (helps make sure its dry as well) and apply again. Great job fixing the issues, that is how I like to do it as well, fix the issues but keep the character. Excellent job and that is a nice axe to add to the collection.
Thanks for the advice👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah yeah! Makes it look 1000 x better, might give this a go for an old rusted 3.5 head I’m about to hang.
If you don’t care much about the head, I recommend grinding/sanding as smooth as you can, degrease a lot, then apply without allowing it to streak. Let completely dry, #00 steel wool, wipe clean, then repeat until desired finish. These value on these older more desirable heads would gone if I did all of that. But a cheaper less desirable head would be great!
Nice work
Thanks Ron, it was a learning experience for sure.
Looks good buddy
Thanks for the welding tip👍🏻
@@IndianaDoug any time
From the beginning of the video 📹 til now that axe looks way better 😎 🪓
Thanks alot
@@IndianaDoug your welcome.