I have been wanting to forge an axe and after reading through 556mp's post I decided to give it a go.the axe isn't perfect but I think it will work fine.

Comments and advice welcome
Rhett

looks good Rhett, you have come a long way in the past year. Did that axe bite you on the thumb ?

Greetings Rhett,

 

Looks great for your first...  I prefer to road test mine on wood not my hand....  Got one healing as we speak from a runaway file..

 

 

Forge on and make beautiful things

Jim

Thanks Steve and the reason I have improved is because of this site....the amount of information here is incredible.Steve the angle grinder bit my hand.
Thanks Jim the compliments from y'all mean a lot!I hope your hand gets better soon

great piece Rhett !!

Look servicable to me! Now all you need is someone else to swing it :)

Dave

Looks good, been thinking of making my own axe for a while now. The only thing is here in Australia we need to make them a bit heavier than most places else they wont bite too well, we have LOTS of dense wood species all around the place.

Nice work Rhett. It looks great, even more so being your first. Is that a welded bit or solid piece?

Thanks for the compliments guys,556 it is a solid body from an axle....probly not enough carbon for the job but it is what I had.....btw does 556mp stand for the smith and Wesson ar15?

Very cool. Use it up and see how it works! 556mp came from me being into ARs years ago, and MP is my initials. I'd change my forum name to Matthew Paul if I knew how.

 

Done, your log in remains the same

Very nice axe.  You got good clean lines and an excellent finish, now you need to get a handle on it and make like a pioneer!

Thanks guys