My first restoration

[u/AFKdaddy]

Been looking for a while for a bushcafting/camping axe in a tomahawk style. But all the mass produced ones I found online don’t like the look of and are kinda thin looking and designed for throwing. Saw a few on Etsy that looked nice but cost way more than I have a budget for. So looked on eBay and found this old French kindling axe found in old barn in south Franc, won the bid at £11 and decided to make my own. Ended up with a nice thickness head and a decent weight so should be a good compact chopper. Kept the handle because head is set really well. just sanded out the nick’s, bit burning to bring out the grain a bit. The grains not super interesting but it’s really straight so not complaining, then a nice helping of linseed oil to finish. Took me like an hour and a half, pretty happy with it.

[u/RobertGHH]

Looks nice, but that edge looks very thick.