dancho Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 The battle Slavic axe “Svarog”. Weight 700 g. Edge width 130 mm. The body is mild steel. The edge is wrap welded with 0.9 carbon steel. Pure forging. No grinding involved The eye is egg saheped and intended for self-wedged handle. The hole in the middle of the blade is for sheath fixation with a small wooden pin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikecopXXX Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 very impressive, dancho! especially for forge only. beyond my skills currently. did they use the back side for hammering also? or is that a handle reinforcement? Does that type of socket use a wedge in the handle or is there some other method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancho Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 very impressive, dancho! especially for forge only. beyond my skills currently. did they use the back side for hammering also? or is that a handle reinforcement? Does that type of socket use a wedge in the handle or is there some other method? Thank you! Yes you can use the back as a hammer substitute . At least I do it for drivng wood pegs or such when camping with this type. No wedge in the handle. It's is a self-wedged handle type. Bigger on the top and you put it throught the upper part of the eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantofolder Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Great job dancho!!.... and thanks for the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JShock Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I really like this. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGraff Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Beautiful as always. May I ask what the symbol represents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancho Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Beautiful as always. May I ask what the symbol represents? For me this is sun rolling across the sky above the earth. Nothing else. No mystics. No religion. No ideology. Just life on the earth as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGraff Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichi Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Dancho, I am a fan of your work. A few months ago, I made a small axe so I could try to make the eye with the two elongated spurs on top. I dont know if that is a good description but you probably get the idea. To do this,I slit and punched the eye so that there was about a half inch or so of material above the slit. This gave me enough material to pull the spurs out as you have done.I opened the hole and inserted a cold bar . This gave me an "internal anvil" on which I could easily pound the heated top and move the metal to form the spurs. Is that the techniques you use? I believe you said you dont weld other than the steel for the bit. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Nice job! I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancho Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Dancho, I am a fan of your work. A few months ago, I made a small axe so I could try to make the eye with the two elongated spurs on top. I dont know if that is a good description but you probably get the idea. To do this,I slit and punched the eye so that there was about a half inch or so of material above the slit. This gave me enough material to pull the spurs out as you have done.I opened the hole and inserted a cold bar . This gave me an "internal anvil" on which I could easily pound the heated top and move the metal to form the spurs. Is that the techniques you use? I believe you said you dont weld other than the steel for the bit. Good work! Yes, you can work on a drift inserted in the hole. But I prefer working on the anvil horne since it gives more control and things work faster. Leave more material for the butt -- at least a ful inch above the slit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichi Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Thanks for the tip Dancho. I would work on the horn but mine is a little large for the axe I was making. I agree that more material above the slit would make it easier. Keep up the excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckent Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 that is really nice work man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHSIDER Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Wonderful... Love to see this complete with the handle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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