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wales Offline magentus

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Carpenters axe?
on: November 07, 2014, 03:26:01 PM
It seems it's my week for happening upon new tools. Hot on the heels of my great success in the 30 day challenge, I was tidying my storage room at work and found this sorry looking hatchet;



It's marked 'The Oxford Hatchet Warranted No.2';


It needs rehandling and cleaning up, and I suspect it is a carpenters hatchet as it has a hammer head on it, but does anyone (sparky) know any better?

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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #1 on: November 07, 2014, 04:01:43 PM
Nope, looks like what I'd call a carpenter's hatchet as well.  As you say, it's in need of a little (OK, a lot) of TLC, but it'll be nice once it's done. :tu:
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #2 on: November 07, 2014, 04:14:34 PM
A bit of Google-Fu later and I'm fairly confident in calling this a Kent pattern axe.  I'd always thought of it as being an English style of carpenter's axe and it seems I wasn't far wrong. :)

http://bushcraft-romania.com/kent-axe/
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #3 on: November 07, 2014, 04:21:23 PM
Nope, looks like what I'd call a carpenter's hatchet as well.  As you say, it's in need of a little (OK, a lot) of TLC, but it'll be nice once it's done. :tu:

Cheers Gareth. I nearly took a picture of the many nails and screws (yes screws) acting as a wedge to hold the head on. What a death trap!

I'm going to root around the axe threads and sort out how to best clean it up but I'm sure it'll buff up nicely.
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #4 on: November 07, 2014, 04:24:28 PM
A Kent pattern eh? The description makes it sound like a useful bit of kit. Cheers for that.  :salute:
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #5 on: November 07, 2014, 05:48:23 PM
vinegar takes rust off after a good soaking. stinks up the house something awful though.
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #6 on: November 07, 2014, 10:16:43 PM
I would call it a Kent pattern aswel, looks nice (Oxford  :tu:)
 
There might be a few ideas in here
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,41665.0.html

And heres one I did earlier  :)
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,52812.0.html

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wales Offline magentus

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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #7 on: November 08, 2014, 11:26:51 AM
Nice one Sparky! Thanks for the info. When I get 5 minutes I'll start the restoration process and put pics up.

Cheers all  :salute:
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #8 on: December 03, 2014, 03:31:17 PM
Picture of Axe after a 'night in white vinegar' (someone should write a song about this).



Thanks Sparky for the advice. Next stage is to rehandle it. Expect more pics in the coming weeks......
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #9 on: December 03, 2014, 06:55:28 PM

Nice job Mate,  :salute:

If you haven't yet get a drop of oil on it as it will rust quicker than you can blink  :ahhh

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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #10 on: December 03, 2014, 07:47:36 PM
Cheers Sparky - I've soaked it in 3 in 1 for another night.  :salute:
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #11 on: December 03, 2014, 11:01:47 PM
That's looking the part now mate :)
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #12 on: December 03, 2014, 11:56:05 PM
 :tu: :tu:

lookin good!
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Re: Carpenters axe?
Reply #13 on: December 04, 2014, 12:07:32 AM
Looking good mate.  :tu:  :tu:  :tu:


 

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