June 26, 200916 yr Out of a .45 caliber muzzleloader barrel. I think it came out OK... Edited June 26, 200916 yr by mod07
June 26, 200916 yr Nice that you saved the stamping! I made a small knife once from the battered remains of a buck brothers chisel and managed to save the trademark. Probably confuse the heck out of someone 100 years from now.... BTW I did read that as First Crack-Pipe Axe and was wondering...
June 26, 200916 yr I like it all round. Well executed and finished, pleasing proportions and decorations and I especially like that you saved the stamping. Sweet job. Frosty
June 27, 200916 yr Author Thanks, everybody. I appreciate the compliments.that is very nice, what type of wood did you use? It's quilted maple. Like Curly maple, but does some really cool stuff cut on the right angle. I stained it with aniline wood dye, rubbed it with linseed oil.
June 28, 200916 yr Lots of nice details , I like the cut out ,stamping, finish...I like everything about it.
June 28, 200916 yr oh man, i really like the look of quilted maple.....well any figured wood for that matter! that is very nice!
August 15, 200916 yr Beautiful work. Was the whole thing made as one piece, or was the pipe bowl attached separately? If one piece, did you just forge weld the barrel into a solid piece from the pipe bowl back to the blade? I just came into possession of several old black powder rifle barrels and would like to try my hand at making some pipe axes. I'm undecided at this point whether to just use the barrels for the pipe bowls or to try and forge them out into full axes. --TMIB
August 20, 200916 yr Author It's all one piece. I necked down the barrel at each end of what became the "eye", then flattened and forge-welded together the cutting edge. If it was an old-timey rifle-barrel, I would have then split the end and welded in a tool steel bit, but this barrel was 4140.
August 22, 200916 yr How did you get the stars on the bit so refined with them being so small like that? Good job on it...Looks beautiful! The maple really sets it off
September 18, 200916 yr Out of a .45 caliber muzzleloader barrel. I think it came out OK... I think its alot better than ok, i am about to try my first one today !! you have inspired me !!
September 25, 200916 yr Author How did you get the stars on the bit so refined with them being so small like that? Good job on it...Looks beautiful! The maple really sets it off Thanks. I drilled a little pilot hole, then cut them out with a jewelers saw. Broke 1/2 dozen blades, but got there eventually. As for the barrel, I'm not sure what it was on before it was shot out, but it was a Thompson-Center barrel and sparked like 4140 or so.
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