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Mallet I made with a few different woods, guess them all correct and you win (4 total). Handle is relatively weak so this will be a lighter duty guy, for running in dowels, wedges, bonking things into place here and there. Could’ve spent more time removing burn marks on ends, but wanted to finish it. I used a belt sander on a jig to shape it, left some deep burns on the ends, lesson learned there. Finished with 50/50 beeswax/mineral oil. Fun project overall.

Criticism welcome, thanks.

TLDR: Any advice on first hang?

Posted a few days ago asking some advice, appreciate everyone who commented.

My first axe hang, had a premade handle, but the eye on the Collins was a half inch and had to slim the handle down a ton. This was made more difficult because the kerf was already precut. Had to jam a spacer in there to work on it. Made a shavehorse and used a draw knife but ended up finishing shaping with a hand belt sander jig I made. Took way longer than I thought, pretty happy with it. Gave her a test run and she seems strong. Danish oil on the cap, handle already had poly, will prolly get rid of if I end up using this a bit.

Some tiny gaps on the bottom and two larger ones at the ends of the wedge, I guess I should’ve made my wedge wider and rounded to accommodate? Also feel like my wedge may have been too thick?

Any advice/feedback welcome, plan on making my own handle for the next one.
TIA

Hello, I just got this right-handed hewing axe head. Was wondering if anyone could guess age range or maker? Pretty pitted but there is remnants of a makers mark on the beveled side in the last photo. I’ve wanted one of these for a few years and finally found one for cheap. Plan on making a curved handle to actually use it as a hewing hatchet, any advice on handle length would help as well.

Thank you, just started my axe handling journey.

I just restored these two axe heads, top is a Collins (Michigan pattern?), bottom is a norlund boys axe? Not really sure how to go about handling the norlund, I have a handle prefinished for the Collins. Any advice on length of handle, or anything else would be appreciated. First time hanging an axe

Here is a woodburning piece, Soundless Spire, I did inspired by the upcoming album, just finished it today. Thought of this concept after I heard IBYAT (a) the first time, a bit on the nose thematically, but I’m happy with it. Bonus Transatlanticism burn I did a month ago.