I picked up this Vaughan camping axe today at Lowes. This is drop forged in the USA and the construction looks very good.
Of course it wasn't very sharp but so far I've just shaved some loose bark from this log. This is a bit shorter than the Estwing I was thinking to buy. It was also a few bucks cheaper.
It occurs to me that if you were going to forge a halberd, this would be a good starting point.
That's a walnut log from an old orchard they took out near my daughter's house. I was hoping it would be big enough to make the stock for my 22 Savage Target gun.
But it may only be usable if I saw it into strips and make a laminated stock. This is too well seasoned already to make a solid wood stock out of it, but I might actually be able to make a laminated stock plus a two-piece bantam Stock for my 500 cruiser.
Of course it wasn't very sharp but so far I've just shaved some loose bark from this log. This is a bit shorter than the Estwing I was thinking to buy. It was also a few bucks cheaper.
It occurs to me that if you were going to forge a halberd, this would be a good starting point.
That's a walnut log from an old orchard they took out near my daughter's house. I was hoping it would be big enough to make the stock for my 22 Savage Target gun.
But it may only be usable if I saw it into strips and make a laminated stock. This is too well seasoned already to make a solid wood stock out of it, but I might actually be able to make a laminated stock plus a two-piece bantam Stock for my 500 cruiser.
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