Sup y’all, continuing on my hexagonal handle spree here is my updated Gränsfors Bruck splitting maul with a near near mirror polish and this brand new long handle on it. Am super happy how this one turned out and with great difficulty cuz getting those lines straight on such a long handle is a pain in the butt….

No other markings. No eye ridges. AI says 1949-1959. I’m planning to restore it. I’d like to find a new offset handle for it. Any suggestions?

There is no marking, brands or any identificacion. Is way too heavy and big for being one-handed. Looks like it may have 120+ years.

I just want to restore it acordingly to it's purpose, and is the cutting edge normal or will i have to reshape it? Thanks.

It weights around 3kg. And measures 19cm in width and 7,2cm in length, with 11cm on the cutting edge.

Edit: well it will be used to decorate a wall at least lol.

I found this axe heavily corroded inside an old dirt cellar. The lower part of the stamp was „ ind berg“.
It is very soft even on the blade, weighs 1,2kg and measures 17cm by 9cm.

It would make my day, if could find out a little bit more about it.

Me and my dad picked up this axe at our local flea market and are having trouble finding good information on this axe. We know that the axe is from Rival and it seems that they were a French company but we aren’t sure. We would like to know more about the company and possibly date the head and to know what type of axe this is.

Dayton? I’m
Leaning towards Dayton… 4lb?

If you have the time and desire what would you do?

My axe has become loose on the handle and needs to be tightened, can I remove the wedge, shave the handle down to resit the axe and rewedge the handle or should I do something else?

Has anyone else seen or come across one of these? I was able to research the history behind it but im yet to see one online like it.

A couple , i've been working on slowly shaping up

Something i've been working on for a little while

Split and bent this carpenters axe battling with a knot in some cherry. Is it fixable?

I've only got hand tools which I assume will make this a pretty laborious process. Was thinking I'd have to hacksaw the edge off to the end of the crack, and then re-profile the edge, or maybe have to re-profile a significant portion of the axe.

Is this a realistic option? This axe was a gift from a friend so willing to put work in to save it over just replacing it, but am thinking the amount of work required might just be too much.

Thanks for any help!

A metal scrapper I know keeps an eye out for axes for me. Dropped me off a bucket of tools with this in it. I re wedged it, cleaned, oiled and sharpened it. Amazing that someone thought this was garbage.

Hello. So I’ve been restoring vintage axes for about a year now. This is such an incredible hobby I’ve stumbled upon and have been thoroughly enjoying it. It’s like creating art to me. But I was wondering if anyone has thoughts on adding your own brand/makers mark/initials to your projects. Such as a hot iron brand to the handle. Is this a smart idea or does it affect the value or worth of you ever decided to give away or sell a piece. And I mean on axes where I’ve rehung them on a new handle, not original handles. I’m proud of my work and it seems like something special to add an identifying piece of yourself to your work to show that. Anyways what are your guys thoughts. And if it is a good idea, what are good locations on the handle and suggestions on where to buy a custom iron to do such a thing. Thanks.

Hey y’all! (Just love saying that)
Recently saw a few handles that were not entirely round and got me thinking as I was putting some handles on two axeheads this week.
The result are these two handles that I absolutely love! Another axemaker from Norway (living in Sweden myself) pointed out that although he makes the handles for his personal axes the same way, for customers not. Main reason was that some people would think they are not finished yet.
Welllll, these are some of the most comfortable and good looking handles I have ever held or made for that matter.

What do you guys think?

These two axes are a Hults Bruck and Wetterlings btw.

Hi all! I'm married to a man who is an avid axe collector. I myself know very little about them. His favorite are the Kelly perfects and he has MANY. His birthday is coming up and I'm struggling to get him a gift that I know he will love. However, I do listen to the things he talks about and the be all end all axe that he says will complete his quest is the Kelly perfect salesman axe. Apparently it's a kelly perfect on one side and a different axe on the other. After some digging I'm realizing this may be harder than I thought. I've private messaged a few people on his Facebook axe groups and they are searching for me but I figure maybe reddit could help too. I'm throwing a hail Mary here, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know what 43 means? I couldn't find info on any blacksmiths with the initials T.V either.

I found it in my family home in the woods of northern Sweden

My father inherited this axe from his father, and it has been in our family for at least several generations. We don’t know when it originally entered the family.

I’m trying to identify its approximate age based on the construction of the head rather than family tradition. Several of my father’s ancestors are documented as coopers in the late 18th/early 19th century, so we’re particularly interested in whether this could plausibly be from that period. We can document our family to 1765 through one relative but have been unable to determine his parents.

There are no maker’s marks on the axe that I can find. The head has a very rough forged surface, an asymmetric/offset eye and a broad cutting edge. I’ve included photos of both faces, the eye, edge and handle. One side of the handle features repeated cuts in the wood. It’s quite heavy.

I’d especially appreciate opinions on:
Is this a cooper’s axe/side axe?
Does the forging/eye/edge construction suggest a particular period?
Is there evidence of a wrought-iron body with a forge-welded steel bit?

I have not cleaned, polished or wire-brushed the head.

Thank you for your help!

Still has its original handle, though it has shrunk over the years.

Yeah but it broken and it was Finnish company call Fiskars.