adjones11589

I'll see about trying to re-drill the plates back out and grinding the handle down to be able to re-rivet. The main thing is I didn't want him to just trash them as i knew something could be done I just didn't know what at the time. Thanks guys

I dont have the axes in my possession anymore for a picture of what is left. I considered riveting back with the material that was there. My fear was too much heat still. By the time I got the legs red hot it would be too hot to keep the leather from burning. The plates are intact but welded solid, and all that's left from the original two little legs past the leather is maybe an 1/8 of an inch then it's to the handle portion where its solid. After they broke I figured the quenching is what caused it to break. How could something like that be fixed without burning the handle?

I had a gentleman come to me with 8 east wing hatchets with the leather ring handles(like the one in the picture). He runs an axe throwing business and the backplates had shaken loose, from bad throws etc. I ground down the pressed rivet style pieces that held. The backplate on and welded them in place back tight against the leather rings. I took them back to him and he said they didn't last an hour before the backplates broke completely off. As I welded them up I kept quenching the bottom of the plate in water to keep from burning the leather rings. Could this be the reason that they are breaking right at the weld? How can I fix them now with the 2 studs on the back almost completely gone? Can they be fixed at all? Thanks in advance guys.