j.w.s. Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Well, it's probably been a few years since I've posted anything here but I'm still keeping busy. lol. Here's a hand axe I forged out and finished up yesterday. The blade itself is 1095, the collar is 1018 and everything was set with 3 rivets then forge welded under my press. Haft is puple heart and Borneo rosewood I laminated together. There's lots of studwork and banding as well. Enjoy! -J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Frisse Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Man, that is one of the funkiest, coolest axes I've ever seen! I spoke with a bladesmith at a Lewis and Clark Rendezvous a month or so ago, and he said he used to do an ax that the piece that wade up the eye and collar was mild steel, and the blade, bit, and cheeks were 1095 and he just riveted them together with two 22 ton heavy machined rivets (or something close to that) and he said they were some of best sellers for axes that had a cool medieval look. "I've know many, many mighty men in my day... but never a man so might as to break a 22 ton rivet". What kind of rivets did you use, out of curiosity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 That is a funky cool post apocalyptic zombi whacker axe. An outstanding display or movie prop piece. I like it, well done. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.w.s. Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Man, that is one of the funkiest, coolest axes I've ever seen! I spoke with a bladesmith at a Lewis and Clark Rendezvous a month or so ago, and he said he used to do an ax that the piece that wade up the eye and collar was mild steel, and the blade, bit, and cheeks were 1095 and he just riveted them together with two 22 ton heavy machined rivets (or something close to that) and he said they were some of best sellers for axes that had a cool medieval look. "I've know many, many mighty men in my day... but never a man so might as to break a 22 ton rivet". What kind of rivets did you use, out of curiosity? Thank you! For the rivets I just used some 1018 rod I had laying around and peened into shape. They flattened out after I brought everything up to welding temp and gave it all a press with the 25 ton, then I just took an old eye punch (for making animal heads) and gave the rivets a whack or two. The conical shape of my punch collared the material and left an attractive mark in the process. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 That is cool looking! I like the banding. You have any construction pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Very nice! It has some steampunk to it that's very attractive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Cool beans! I think it'd look right at home on Gimli's belt. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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