first axe

[antigoth24]

i've made a few hatchets before but never a larger axe and i was skimming through this history book i have and saw this medieval peasant using an axe...nothing unusual there but i noticed it almost looked like it didnt have a normal eye so i thought i would try to figure it out (i am probably wrong) but i thought maybe it could have been made using a socket. so i tried it and this was mainly a test of the idea and getting some practice with making a proper edge . let me know what you think...all criticism is welcome....but so far its going through logs etc like theres no tomorrow. oh and if you guys know anything about the axe i was looking at please share

p.s. i like to apply a protective layer of paint to prevent rust on my tools incase your wondering about the black.

[David Einhorn]

The drawing seems to be showing a fairly traditional shaped axe head with a iron socket. You might try for an axe head that is a bit more traditional like the one in the illustration.

[brian.pierson]

The socket may be like you made or it may be open at the top, so more like a long eye. I saw a old goose wing axe from Germany the had a long eye like that but open at the end. The long eye seemed almost handle like where a person could use both hands to shave the wood with. Interesting picture though. I will see if I can find the picture of the goose wing.


Brian

[antigoth24]

sweet thanks brian! that sounds really interesting i saw something kind of similar to that once but it was like a drawknife with a socket that could be slid over a handle but it was used for pulling logs apart.