Hand forged 4.5 pound large double bit axe! This axe is hand forged from forklift tine, has a beautiful slim 32" hickory handle with a paduk palm swell and features a beautiful leather sheath. I absolutely love the way this axe came out. Making this made me want to make more double bits, even if it's double the work.
Hand forged large 1lb 13oz chasing Hammer commission, hand forged from forklift tine, with a nice octagonal ash handle. I'm really proud of how this came out
I was given this double bit asked to restore by a local axe collector and fell in love with it so I decided to forge my own as close as I could, I tried my best to get as close to the original but made it heavier, it weighs just under 4 pounds. The only issue I have is I wanted the profile to be wider. I'm going to true and make it bigger on the next trial when I get a free opportunity between commissions
Recently commissioned tomahawk! This tomahawk is hand forged out of forklift tine which is equivalent to 4140 and a nice hickory. For the embellishments, the customer has specifically requested A leather sheath and collar, 23 brass pins and 2 inlaid military badge pin that he sent me. This might be the best tomahawk I've forged yet
Forging out the blade on a really cool axe project, using a heavy double diagonal peen to really move some steel. Can't wait to show y'all the finished product
Hand forged bearded axe, forged from railroad track and guns on an old hickory handle I had that fit perfectly
Using a guillotine tool to true up the transition between the eye and the poll
Forged by hand out of forklift tine
A local axe collector commissioned me to sharped and hang a custom handle on the hewing hatchet, this one is a company in little falls New York, where I lived for a couple years, so I was honored to give this gorgeous hatchet a makeover
Forging in the decorative poll on a commissioned tomahawk. Here I'm using a guillotine tool to forge it in, taking light blows to round up the poll. This is forged from an office of forklift tine
Forging out the octagonal handle on a custom drift I need to make for a future project. This is forged from forklift tine
When I'm not working on blacksmithing commissions, I do ax restoration for a local collector and he brought me these two tenoning axes, one is very old and has beautiful forged weld lines that you can find. I love getting to work with genuine old blacksmith work
This is hand forged out of forklift tine with a nice octagonal ash handle. I didn't necessarily need this Hammer for any particular reason I just wanted to make it. I had design in my head
I forged this small kukri style knife for my girlfriend. Is hand forged from a section of leaf spring and it has bacote handle scales with a nice custom leather sheath.
Brut de forge kukri I forged for myself. It is hand forged from Leaf spring, the handle is dyed bacote and has a really nice leather sheath. I absolutely love this thing and am super pleased with how it came out
Here I'm using a guillotine tool to forge in the troughs on a hammer I'm making
Forging a large double bit axe by hand takes a lot of patience, needing to try and forge everything nice and even and symmetrical
As forged, has not touched a power tool yet minus cutting the billet