Vintage Axes and Garden Equipment

[sime42]

2 hours ago, Malus said:

In danger of repeating bollocks here but I was once to by an old boy at a farm auction that there were a load of excess ball pein hammers after ww2. They must have been made for a specific manufacturing purpose for the war effort. After the war they were repurposed and a lot were turned into hatchets. Might be complete crap but it's a nice story 

 

That sounds like a credible story to me, it's the kind of thing that happens.

Edited January 27 by sime42

[roys]

My favourite way of rust removal (just done two vices) is electrolysis, 1/2 cup of washing crystals from supermarket, old fashioned battery charger, bucket with some water, couple bits of wire connect it all up and 8 hours water all the rust is floating on the top of the water.

[Rich Rule]

TBH, when Insoaked it in Coca Cola over night and wire brushed it the day after.

 

The results were pretty good.

[spudulike]

I just use a detail sander and a drill with a wire brush to remove rust. I tried a bit of brick cleaner but this works well for me.

[openspaceman]

7 hours ago, Malus said:

Could possibly use bicarb or something in water

 Or use washing soda, add a 6V battery and sacrificial steel anode with the head as cathode. It works without removing good metal but you must dry and oil immediately after as the exposed iron molecules are prone to oxidise.

[openspaceman]

4 hours ago, roys said:

My favourite way of rust removal (just done two vices) is electrolysis, 1/2 cup of washing crystals from supermarket, old fashioned battery charger, bucket with some water, couple bits of wire connect it all up and 8 hours water all the rust is floating on the top of the water.

Sorry @roys I should have read the whole thread first, I too use this method as there is no loss of good metal

[sime42]

Three nice Brades, axe and two hatchets.

 

The big one is a felling axe, 4½ lbs. A War Department job. The smallest was termed a Scouts Hatchet I think, I use it for carving as it's ideal being so small and light.

 

 

 

[sime42]

22 hours ago, shavey said:

My favourites double bits there is only one trouble

iam supposed too sell them when I’ve finished but

its a bit like the saws too high a percentage don’t leave

 

What's the idea of double bit axes? Why would you need two cutting edges?

[shavey]

43 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

What's the idea of double bit axes? Why would you need two cutting edges?

Double bits have that long slender cutting edge 

especially the Puget heads like the one you quoted

nearly 14” from edge too edge on some of them 

so they dont usually get jammed in the cut when your felling 

so basically when you have climbed up the tree 

you’ve got two sharp edges too fell the top out of the big trees 

and the weight and good balance gets it done 

 

 

Edited January 27 by shavey

[Rich Rule]

I was always under the impression that one side would be keen as you like and the other less sharp with a less acute angle.

 

One side for clean wood and the other for not so clean wood.