Bar none, one of the BEST, WELL-TAUGHT, comprehensive videos on the internet! I could watch you all day!!! Thank you, sir, for SHARING your craft!!! A TRUE craftsman!! Because of people like YOU, this craft will go on for generations!! 🪓🌲🪓🌲
Hey Brother...you are a great teacher. I have learned very useful, very helpful information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I don't know who may complain about the length of your videos, but they🖤 are simply wrong. You have no need to apologize about anything. You are to be admired for your skills and abilities and your generosity in teaching us. 👏👏👏
Fantastic learning video. Your explanations are exactly the same as my Dad's when he taught me how to make a handle and hang an axe 50 years ago. Really enjoyed it.
Everything I know I learned looking over someone's shoulder. Thanks for taking the time to try and teach us some basic skills. Beautiful Job I enjoy what your doing thanks
A while back I had surgery and laid in bed recouping and found this video. Maybe two years ago. I’ve been back to this video 30 times since, I store the link in my notes. This fella’s technical prowess and care is tremendous, I’ve learned quite a lot from it. He’s on the younger side too, I appreciate there being a representative of my generation that lives like this. Props!
I have seen a fair number of hatchet heads that looked as bad as this one did before you restored it.(Some farmers I knew did not treat their tools very well. Most of them, actually.) The thought of abusing a hatchet in such a way makes my teeth hurt -- as does the gall it takes to ask for $35.00 for such a damaged tool. Nevertheless, I appreciate why you purchased it for this video. It became a very good "teaching tool". This is excellent restoration and redesign work. You now have a nice "Viking" hatchet 😎, not to mention that the handle alone is a thing of beauty. As always, it is a great pleasure simply to watch you use your tools and to hear you teach about them -- interesting, informative, and impressive. Thank you for this video. P.S. As I watched you set the wedge in the hatchet head, I was reminded of what my uncle told me: "Tap in the wedge until it starts to talk back. Then you're done." Good advice.
I truly appreciate the detail you put into explaining the physics behind every shape. It's great to fully understand the time-tested design of such a historic tool. Again, thanks for sharing all of this with us!
I have about 5 axe heads outside I’ve wanted to hang. Have waited about 1 year because wasn’t exactly sure how to lay them out. This was so incredibly helpful and simply stated. Really nice video! Will be trying this out tomorrow.
Properly restore? No. I witnessed a text-book, golden standard restoration of that ax into a piece of art. You are a man of many skills and talents and I am glad i found your channel.
I have gotten some good stuff on ebay, but I was laughing when you were talking about how much you paid and how much a guy thought that piece of junk was worth. But you proved the mind is the best tool and you turned that piece of junk into a masterpiece of art and function...bravo and kudos, Maestro! 👏
And I always thought putting a new handle in and grinding the rough edges off and putting a fair edge on was good enough. I'm 69 and I learn something every day. Thanks for the video 👍 excellent as usual 😁
Excellent Job Learned a lot I recently accursed 3 ax’s in roughy shape that were given to me. The gentleman was going to throw them in the trash. He gave them to me. So I am in the process of restoring them to there former glory
OUTSTANDING PROJECT!! Very thorough in detail, kept it interesting and educational! KUDOS to Camera Operator as well!! Perfect visuals! You have a new FAN here now!!
You knocked it out of the park with this video! I just picked up an old axe head yesterday and though I have hung many, I’m sure glad I ran across this very well done video for inspiration.
This is by far the best video explaining everything! Add one of your sharpening videos (I’m assuming you do have a few, as I’m new to the channel) and it’s perfect! I am fairly new to ace handling, making and woodworking in general. As an electrician I would like to think I’m genuinely handy LOL, and watching videos like yours, you really encourage great craftsmanship, even on a budget! Overtime, you acquire the tools you will need to do all this. Antique shops and yard sales along with FB and Offerup are excellent ways to get a lot of items (trust me, the older is usually better as the quality is the reason they lasted so long!) thanks for the inspiration (even if I’m late to the party) LOL
I’m laughing over here, because I think I just found the man that is my equal: a SURGEON with a grinder 😂 Most days the boss calls me up and says “Hey Bud, can you fire up the Russian Lathe (my angle grinder) and do X for me?” Anyway, from a fellow American, Ax aficionado & restoration guy, GREAT video, Exceptional work and I’m glad I found you channel. Sub’d.
I just came across your channel by accident and I so glad I did. Yes it was worth the 35.00 you paid for it.....that is because your minds eye went to work and you could see the potential! I loved your video from start to finish my brother! You have found another loyal subscriber!
I really enjoyed that! Was thorough and well explained at every step. I'm restoring an old rusty hatchet as my first restoration project, but with less tools... and this was full of great advice. Definitely worth a sub!
Bought an old rusty axe head for $2 the other day I want to restore it toghether with my son and bond with him.❤ Exceptional good tips and tricks we can use once we start our project. 😊
JUST Found , L & S'ed . THANKS - excellent presentation , ESPECIALLY the narration . Understanding the thought process as you progress thru the restoration is CRUCIAL for our understanding of that process . So MANY avoid offering up their insights as they go , and if we're gonna benefit from the real experience behind the process , we have to know what the thinking is , at each step . THANKS for the narration , and THANKS for the excellent presentation ! All the BEST from Texas ! - - Chuck .
A little trick I use to fit the head is to use a pencil to color the inside of the hole. The color will transfer to the wood and allow you to see exactly where you need to remove material. Great video!
Enjoyed it, I’m sure most didn’t realize the different tempers on a single axe head.... understanding a tool is needed to properly use it and not abuse it!
Great video. Since you love the spoke shave so much, we'd love to see a video on them and how to maintain them. Advice on brands as well as styles would be awesome.
Love your videos, I was a bit late watching this one but have now and enjoyed it. You have some great tips that I pick up and learn from plus just enjoyable to watch in general, Thankyou. Hope you guys enjoyed your road trip too that I just watched. Have a great day cheers from NZ🇳🇿
Excellent video sir very informative, didn't know a softer wedge is actually better. The head is now like an English elwell pattern- been around 100 years or so!
Great video on the restoration of the axe head. New design and the way that your refurbished it outstanding me and my son enjoyed watching his video together. He was very impressed on how you did the handle we have a couple of honing broad axes that we need to rehandle so now he's all into making his own handle
Glad I stumbled across this video. A friend gave me a double bladed ax head, and another ax head very similar to what you purchased. I need to make and put handles on them. thank syou for the video.
Wow! He took that throwaway ex head and made a valuable tool, that is so awesome. Ordered my spokeshave last night, ther were options, but I went ahead and ordered the one that looked like yours. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your support. And thank you for your interaction we really appreciate that. If you have any questions about carving wood tools etc. feel free to ask . Thanks again
The only tools that we are making to sell at this point are our bowl carving adzes. We don’t have a blacksmith shop at this point and we are doing all of our forage work outside. So we are not set up to produce tools very efficiently. But hopefully in the near future we will be able to
awesome lots of very useful information. love your videos. always looking for the next one. many blessings smiles to you and your partner. Buen Camino Asta Luego
Man what you taught in this one video with all those vital points should be taught in university at least as two major courses. You made my day. Thanks a million 🪓
Fantastic video ! Sooooo much information to help me in my own axe building project. I also purchased an old axe head that I restored, now I am at the step of making the handle itself. I was not sure how to start but your video answered 97% of all my questions and gave me a 100% more confidence on the process to use to make a nice and proper axe handle. This Video might be long in length for some but so interesting to watch. I wish I would have watch your video 17 videos ago so I would have gotten a more complete information package in one shot. Anyway thank you very much, your teaching is greatly appreciated. (P.S. I did order a spoke shave 👍)
You might want to visit some yard sales and flee markets. I usually see broken hammers and axes for a few dollars. That said, thanks for all your knowledge of restoring such an axe. It may inspire me to start repairing some of the numerous dead hammers I've collected over the years.
Great video. I restored an old shingle axe. Bought the handle but did the fitting just like you showed. Only problem was I didn’t tape the blade, 4 stitches later I got Er done😂
Absolutely love the content!! Very useful and also love the mix of art and technical. I don't usually like the technical so much because I like to focus on the art ... however they're very much both a part of making and restoring tools...
A beautiful axe handle! Some of the tips you stated would have helped me when I made my first handle, next one will be much smoother work. Thank you so much 🙏
WONDERFUL, I have no words, always super perfect and unique precise product, wonderful work and video, well done and good luck, respect from old BG. p.s. It is a great pleasure for me to see that there are such precise people in the world, and that of the White race!!!
I've made several axe handles out of Osage. Super strong, durable, resistant to rot and smoother grain than Hickory. I love it. You're the only other person I've seen mention Osage.
I know this was a couple of years ago but, great save and restoration very well executed indeed. Razor sharp too. I guess it has served you very well over the last couple of years ? Unless of course you sold it for maybe a small profit ?? Lovely bit of work from someone who knows his tools and trade/ passion. A pleasure to watch and learn. Thanks Les.
