Nathan Stevens Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Here is a wrench axe I made for my brother for a Christmas gift. He specifically wanted it to be a made from a wrench. He came across a you tube video of the one Miller Knives posted and thought it was cool but I thought I would do something a little more different. I then searched and found the largest wrench I could find on Ebay. I do need to get the Axe back to maybe doing a leather wrap handle and perhaps even a sheath. It weighs about 5 pounds and the cutting edge is 6 inches. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Intended use case? Twice as heavy as a sword unless it's a wall hanger. Has a nice post apocalypse look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I can't say this is the best wood chopping tool I've ever seen but hands down I like it bigtime! Post apocalypse was my first thought, too... I'm sure this was real fun to make! Good job. Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 i think its awsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Stevens Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Oh yeah. Tons of fun! Last year my brother said the railroad spike hatchet I made him didn't cut big stuff. So he wanted something a little heaver. I had to end up quenching it twice. It the end after testing it, it had good edge retention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 If you made it for the purpose of scaring someone out of their wits than you did a super good job! If you want to chop wood with it, your wrist will be on fire. If you have ever used a maul where someone got the bright idea to weld a steel pipe to it and call it a handle, you know what I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Funny thing there are tools designed to cut bigger things that folks have been proving in designs for *centuries*---they are called axes... On the edge retention: how many hundreds of hours of use has it seen? Or how did you judge edge retention besides use? Wrenches are generally a medium carbon steel for toughness; what did that spark as? I'd call that an Orcish tongue depressor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Stevens Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Doh! ok ok Yeah lol, I probably should have tested it more. I didn't go chopping in metal rods etc, just wood around the house. My brother lives in the city, so i doubt this thing will ever get used and just will be looked at. Spark was medium from about what I could tell. That's a pretty good name for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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