Dear Cody, Thank you so much for sharing your life, your character and even your family on this channel. It is an inspiring channel and thank you for not being commercial, not selling out and giving us all a glimpse of your life out there on the homestead. May God bless your work and you and your family.
Watching someone who respects steel and the tools made thereof is so satisfying. Thanks for sharing your experience with this fine old tool that obviously means a lot to you, much appreciated by those of us who value such things.
Thanks alot Cody. I found a 1880s hand forged double bit axe head at a flea market. The axe happened to be made in a town right down the road from me and because of your video on rehandling i was able to replace the handle and turn it into my very own heirloom piece to hand down to my son some day. God bless you.
As an old time carpenter, it really does my heart good seeing someone carefully fit a hardwood tool handle that can serve the craftsman for a very long time if not abused.
You are indeed a talented man, Wranglestar. You do a great service to your country by sharing and teaching these traditional skills and methods. I am also happy to see that there are young folks out there emulating what you do.
This has got to be one of my favorite video series, Cody. You did a great job and I really like that you took your grandpappy's axe and restored it...AND are using it. I think that it's important to have a strong connection to one's roots and you certainly have that. By the way, for shaping the handles, you might be interested in trying out a small spokeshave. It's a fantastic tool...used as the names implies...for shaping the spokes of a wagon wheel, though it's useful in making furniture. Also, maybe you'd like to make your own cabinets for your home?
Another great video that has it all -skill, family history, modesty, love for old tools. I note that the 'double bit' axe is much more popular in the US and Canada than here in Europe (in my case, England). Am sure your grandfather would be very proud of how you have rightly restored a 'family heirloom' and that it will continue to be put to good use by such an experienced and knowledgable woodsman as your self. Great!
There is another reason for the two different bevel angles on the cutting edges. The shallower one is for cut deep, the steeper one is for chipping out the cut. If you watch someone that is good with a double bit ax they will flip the ax on the back swing to switch between the two cutting edges. Dad learned a lot working in the logging camps in Southeast Alaska at that time much of it was hand logged. Dad did a fair bit of hand logging too. It's funny how much some of your videos bring back long forgotten memories of sitting listening to Dad talk about the past.
I like seeing your attention to detail in everything, in how you fit the handle, shaving the wood burrs, sharpening to a razor finish. Even your camera angles are very well setup. Nice video, by the end I wanted to take a few swings with the Chemical! Keep up the great work.
My grandfather started our homestead in Alaska. My dad still runs it but it's been years since I've been able to get up there for a visit. Your videos remind me of home.
I feel like there needs to be a more profound way for me to express my liking of your videos than clicking a like button. Your restoration of old and family tools is most inspiring.
I didn’t have a father growing up and this is where I come to learn the things he should have taught me before my scorned mother chased him off. Thank you for these videos Cody they mean more than you know. Sincerely A thirty year old man grateful for your education and videos.
Nice to see a quality tool come back to life in the hands of a family member and a skilled craftsman! I bet that made some beautiful music once you put it to work in the cold still air! I can just imagine hearing it sing though the air and the report of the head hitting the tree in person; I bet you had goosebumps, I know I would have! Thanks for sharing this journey and story with us Cody, it makes us feel like part of the family when you bring us along on an important project like this one. Well done!!
These videos are so relaxing. I really appreciate the tone and the pace. I hate it when people try to make "the boring parts interesting". I really need to get back into the shop
Nice video, thanks for the info and instructions. My wife just brought me home a Sager Chemical Axe 1934. Just the head light rust but pretty good shape. She paid .50 cents so it will get a new handle. I'm looking forward to the first swing.
Interesting Cody, thank you for the explanation on the difference between the sides of the head of the ax as well as your technique for marking the center punch position. Nice video brother!
Just found this informative posting in your stack. Have a 1929 Sager Chem and a J Mann Edgetool. Both in the Puget Sound pattern from the days of my youth on the farm. My pack axes are both Norlunds, a boys axe Hudson Bay and a little double bit. Always both learn from and enjoy your informative postings. I find it nearly therapeutic to piddle around in my shop hafting and dress the blades of my edge tools. Get nearly giddy finding nicely grained hickory and ash at my local lumber yard. ATB to you and yours. Greg
Yours is the first video I have seen that shows the double bit with two different edges. My grandfather sharpened his double that way. He used the one side for limbing up trees and chopping the limbs into firewood. The other side was used for splitting wood and cutting out roots. He had a big heavy single bit that was used for felling trees. Memories from 60 years ago. Thanks
Brother this channel is the best thing ever. Awesome vids the content from EDC and homesteading are right in my wheelhouse. I have been greatly inspired by your "just go for it" attitude. I tracked down my grandfathers Kelly Flint edge double bit axe within my family and have undertaken the challenge to create a heirloom for my son to pass down. Plus you video of you and your son in the cave WOW! The pride in your face is the kind that can only be known between a father and a son I got a little misty because thats how I feel towards my son too. Glad I found your channel keep up the good work. You may have to show TheHossusmc how to run google plus. Thank you so very much Ben
I'm going through and eating up as many of these axe videos as possible. I have an old Kelly double symetrical that I want to restore. WWWD? (What Would Wranglerstar Do)
I absolutely love your family's channel! everything I find very very interesting and I like learning more than anything else. so, your channel sure falls into a learning channel! thank you for sharing and thank you and your family for the wonderful videos! martina
Wow, I love watching you work. I have always hated how the new tools that are made these days just fall apart, there's nothing better then a old tool in working condition. Thanks for reminding me to finish my axe restoration!
+Electro House but where would I use an axe I spend all my time doing math or playing video games? I don't think people would like if I started chopping trees on campus, that could be fun though...
My father would have tanned my hide if he saw me split the handle head with a metal wedge. He said if you fit it properly there was never any need for it and that it just unnecessarily weakened the head. Right or wrong it was just his way and watching you hang that head brought back memories of him. That is a beautiful tool.
I've got Sager Chemical that was found in a Northern Michigan corn field...rusty as all get out, I've got it finished up and shaving sharp. One of my favorites.
I have one of those belt sanders. I bought it to replace an old Delta that got damaged. I wish I had forked out twice the amount of money to replace it with the same one, because I was used to being able to sand the heck out pieces with the Delta, and now I just bog the thing down whenever I use it, and it takes a lot longer to do the job. The table for the disk sander is pretty flexible, too, so it's hard to get accurate results on it. The funny thing is, since it is so under-powered, you don't have to worry about over-heating the blade if you put too much pressure on it. I guess you call that serendipity. Thanks again for doing these videos. Keep up the great work.
Hey! Awesome episode! I am taking on restoring an old HB Axe on my channel in the coming weeks and this is exactly what I needed. thanks for sharing! Denis
hello I have a old slightly rusted double axe with US91 stamp but can't find out who makes it or any info on web except for an old hand axe with US91 stamp, if you know anything about this it will be very helpfull... thx
Woodings - Verona used the USxx stamps on their axes and other products (sledge hammers, spike mauls, single and double bit axes and hatchets). The US was followed by the year of manufacture US91 or 1991 in your case. Nice USA made tools. Later bought by Ames and I think they still used the Woodings tooling for many years.
interesting video, sager had a chemical dip similar to the bluing on a rifle. it makes me curious as my old sager almost has no colour at all while yours is almost black.
Can you do a video of your history? How before 2010 you learned about forestry and living off the land. You have mentioned before your time in the forest service, did you learn there?
its not been in the hands of a woodsman since the fiftys.....and it wont be in the hands of a woodsman for fifty years more....JUST JOKING...... nice job....keep posting pall
TY, fixed many hammers over the years. My trick was to epoxy the handle prior to final assembly, and also coated the end grain on the top after wedging and pinning. the only plastic handle I have ever used was on a 20# sledge hammer head, It needed to be indestructible.
This is why I'm subscribed to you. Great video. I am currently drying pieces of ash to make handles, I never hafted a tool before. Could you make a guide to making a wedge? Wood type, grain orientation, thickness, angle etc. Thanks!
I just picked up a Western Logger Puget Sound axe, 11 5/8" across, weighing in at 3.6 lbs (marked 4). WL axes have forge lines which indicate the end of the blade. When you marked your axe for sharpening, did you use the ends of the eye to make the cross mark? The forge lines on this axe seem to be very close to, but slightly wider than, the width of the eye of the axe. It's in beautiful condition and should clean up nicely.
Loved it, as a boy I spent many a day playing in an old shed with many hand tool that belonged to my grandfather and great grandfather. With the progression from forestry and milling to the oil boom a generation of knowledge was lost and the race for the almighty dollar began. Anyway my parents generation did their best to assure their children were to have a better life and after the passing of these old timers so died the knowledge. So sad, I don't blame them (my parents) it's just what seemed the right way to them. What I'd give to have a few tools from my grandparents generations, my parents saw no use for them and got rid of them. Ok, official ramble, I love these videos.
My grandfather told me when I was a little kid that he would sharpen them the same way. One side narrow to slice and make the chips and the other side more blunt to clear the chips on the horizontal, spinning in his hands as he was working. Just my .02 cents. Great video.
Nice to see your video, I have work at Surinam SA and the local people worked for me to make Marine poles. THese were cutted out of Basralocus. All by hand. Pole from 6 mtr till 21 mtr long. These are used at Holland ( the Netherlands to protect the Bridges and habour/ Port sites. My people used Purperhart for handle or Bolletri. These are common local names. The bolletri is also known as Latex tree or more commen as Beef wood. Super structure red like reak beef colour. THese people make it by hand and use only a long Knife ( as you use at the tropical forrest. Houwer. The weight of the timber is alway higher than 1 kilogramm as per ton ( 1000 kg) so the timber can not flow. If you have the posibilitie you have tro try your selve to make your best axe. YOu need to buy these timbers. Regards, Jan Willem Geurts The Netherlands / Surinam
Living north of the Great White North, hickory and ash are a bit hard to find in this neck of the woods. ( "Any hardwood you want, sir, so long as it's birch..."). Would you have a supplier you could mention who could supply wood billets for handlemaking? Thank you very much!
I know on many axes they forge welded the hardened steel over top of the rest of the axe, not inside. When the bit has been sharpened away the core metal will begin to show through at the edge. Since one end of your axe is shorter it makes me wonder if this is the case with yours. A vinegar bath should reveal it one way or the other.
I really enjoy your video's thanks for all of the information you provide!!! It has been a great resource for finding information on how to restore my new to me 1922 Sager Chemical Axe.
Just dropped by the Old Local Hardware and purchased my 2nd and their last Wiebelhaus & Co. double bit axe head. For working improvements, growth and ideas, can you tell me the purpose of the kerf cut and wooden wedge?? Is it for friction against the head, or wood wedging to expand the kerf thus locking the head in place?? Special thanks to your reply. Purchased my metal wedges on ebay, had it shipped here in the Philippines, probably will get them by next month, thus completeting the assembly of the "twin axes". Also lastly, can you make an axe sheath for double bit axes, there are lots of videos around, but we need to know what's simple and efficient. Thanks and God bless.
I was helping a friend clear a path for his farm equipment I felled a 2 foot in diameter tree with a small forest axe. I was thinking if I had an axe with a longer handle it wouldn’t have taken me 3hrs. What are your thoughts should I get a double bit axe ? Will the handle be longer and easier to use for felling trees. I was using a fiskers x15 by the way. Should I have used a double bit ? If your chain saw died and you only had a axe what would you use? Thanks for all your work I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos.
you could also use a little spltting to get the shine going, i have a 16 lb sledge that has been mushroomed from a grenade splitter for the knotty pieces, i admire the work you put in to the vids because not a whole lot of living effort is put out anymore these days, sometime soon i will post a vid showing that a city boy can make it lol
I am getting addicted to watching you hang axe heads on new handles. I never heard of Sager Chemical. Leaned something again by watching your videos. I am becoming a closet axe nerd. Great job. It that grandad's picture on the wall by your coat?
Hey Cody, Love your videos! You are an honest, upright man, full of integrity. Keep using your God given talents... They bless A LOT of people! You don't know most of us subscribers, but many of us look up to you as an example of what it means to be a Godly Man/Husband/Father. Thank you for sharing your life with us! p.s. You always pick great songs/music for your videos, What's the song in the beginning?
I recently restored my grandads old double bit. I cant figure the manufacturer as the head only has "Pa chemical process warrented" stamped into. The pa is pennsyvania as where im from im sure. Although it might be a sager but beings as i cant find a manufacturer stamp or anything so i dont really know.
Thank you for the tips on how to use the compass when it comes to sharpening your single bit and double bit axes. And if you don't mind I would like to try to sharpen my single and double axes the same way you did? . And I was wondering how you would go about sharpening a scout camping axe with a hammer head on the opposite side?
Hi Wranglerstar ... you remind me of that old poem by frost, "Two Tramps in Mud Time". It's about some hard working lumberjacks, but it's more about loving your work :) Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes, Is the deed ever truly done For Heaven and the future's sakes. Love your stuff, keep up the good work.
Another Great Job Cody. All of our Axes are still in the shop that burned out during the Bastrop Complex Fire. I am hoping we find the heads? You think after going through such a catastrophic building fire they would still be ok?
I have a 1940 Sanger Chemical double bit felling axe that has been in the family since purchased. I removed the handle by drilling it out but the inside is in rough shape being rusted and pitted. With a high point that runs around the internal surface. I would really be interested in you restoring the axe to its functional state. The axe is from the Sandpoint Idaho area originally and it was my grand fathers. I really would like you to do the work as I really appreciate your videos. I could put a handle on it and file the profile but the work you far outstrips my ability to work wood and profile a axe head to being what is should be for functionality. Is this something you would be willing to do? Thank you. Ww
Dear Cody, Thank you so much for sharing your life, your character and even your family on this channel. It is an inspiring channel and thank you for not being commercial, not selling out and giving us all a glimpse of your life out there on the homestead. May God bless your work and you and your family.
Watching someone who respects steel and the tools made thereof is so satisfying. Thanks for sharing your experience with this fine old tool that obviously means a lot to you, much appreciated by those of us who value such things.
Thanks alot Cody. I found a 1880s hand forged double bit axe head at a flea market. The axe happened to be made in a town right down the road from me and because of your video on rehandling i was able to replace the handle and turn it into my very own heirloom piece to hand down to my son some day. God bless you.
As an old time carpenter, it really does my heart good seeing someone carefully fit a hardwood tool handle that can serve the craftsman for a very long time if not abused.
You are indeed a talented man, Wranglestar. You do a great service to your country by sharing and teaching these traditional skills and methods. I am also happy to see that there are young folks out there emulating what you do.
This has got to be one of my favorite video series, Cody. You did a great job and I really like that you took your grandpappy's axe and restored it...AND are using it. I think that it's important to have a strong connection to one's roots and you certainly have that. By the way, for shaping the handles, you might be interested in trying out a small spokeshave. It's a fantastic tool...used as the names implies...for shaping the spokes of a wagon wheel, though it's useful in making furniture. Also, maybe you'd like to make your own cabinets for your home?
Another great video that has it all -skill, family history, modesty, love for old tools. I note that the 'double bit' axe is much more popular in the US and Canada than here in Europe (in my case, England). Am sure your grandfather would be very proud of how you have rightly restored a 'family heirloom' and that it will continue to be put to good use by such an experienced and knowledgable woodsman as your self. Great!
Great video its always a joy to see you hand craft these things back to life!
I'm looking to buy a double bit and I came to your channel to get some insight. Great video as always! Thanks for taking the time to make these!
There is another reason for the two different bevel angles on the cutting edges. The shallower one is for cut deep, the steeper one is for chipping out the cut. If you watch someone that is good with a double bit ax they will flip the ax on the back swing to switch between the two cutting edges.
Dad learned a lot working in the logging camps in Southeast Alaska at that time much of it was hand logged. Dad did a fair bit of hand logging too. It's funny how much some of your videos bring back long forgotten memories of sitting listening to Dad talk about the past.
I knew there was a reason for the 2 bit! Thanks!
This comment here is what I was looking for, thank you.
A treasure indeed. Love the fact that you constantly remark that you are still learning. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
I like seeing your attention to detail in everything, in how you fit the handle, shaving the wood burrs, sharpening to a razor finish. Even your camera angles are very well setup. Nice video, by the end I wanted to take a few swings with the Chemical! Keep up the great work.
You have brought a family heirloom back to life with all the respect and honor it deserves. Great video Cody.
I learn so much from your channel. Keep 'em coming, Wranglerstar.
My grandfather started our homestead in Alaska. My dad still runs it but it's been years since I've been able to get up there for a visit. Your videos remind me of home.
I feel like there needs to be a more profound way for me to express my liking of your videos than clicking a like button. Your restoration of old and family tools is most inspiring.
I was given one of these today (only the head). i remembered you talking about it. excited to get started and get that axe back in the woods!
Nice video. I just bought a Sager Chemical Axe double bit axe head for a dollar. Now to put a handle on it.
Sneaky Rich
. WOW
I didn’t have a father growing up and this is where I come to learn the things he should have taught me before my scorned mother chased him off. Thank you for these videos Cody they mean more than you know.
Sincerely
A thirty year old man grateful for your education and videos.
12:53 the gleam in your eyes, Cody, as you said "we'll see what it can do" almost felt sorry for that tree.
Nice to see a quality tool come back to life in the hands of a family member and a skilled craftsman! I bet that made some beautiful music once you put it to work in the cold still air! I can just imagine hearing it sing though the air and the report of the head hitting the tree in person; I bet you had goosebumps, I know I would have!
Thanks for sharing this journey and story with us Cody, it makes us feel like part of the family when you bring us along on an important project like this one. Well done!!
3:20 jumped in my seat when I saw that wood slip
What does that say about the chaos in which he lives?
These videos are so relaxing. I really appreciate the tone and the pace.
I hate it when people try to make "the boring parts interesting".
I really need to get back into the shop
Nice trick with the center punch, nice indeed!
A treasure that will undoubtedly be enjoyed by many future generations of your family for years to come. . Nice work and great video!
Nice video, thanks for the info and instructions. My wife just brought me home a Sager Chemical Axe 1934. Just the head light rust but pretty good shape. She paid .50 cents so it will get a new handle. I'm looking forward to the first swing.
What a wonderful restoration of a cherished family heirloom!!
Great work as always!!
A beautiful work of art Cody. A true treasure! I'm glad it's in such good hands!
Thanks for sharing how to get the double bit axe sharpening done Cody! Awesome video as always.
Interesting Cody, thank you for the explanation on the difference between the sides of the head of the ax as well as your technique for marking the center punch position. Nice video brother!
Just found this informative posting in your stack. Have a 1929 Sager Chem and a J Mann Edgetool. Both in the Puget Sound pattern from the days of my youth on the farm. My pack axes are both Norlunds, a boys axe Hudson Bay and a little double bit.
Always both learn from and enjoy your informative postings. I find it nearly therapeutic to piddle around in my shop hafting and dress the blades of my edge tools. Get nearly giddy finding nicely grained hickory and ash at my local lumber yard.
ATB to you and yours.
Greg
I see I got ahead of myself in asking about the radius/sharpening process for the double bit axe, this will be very helpful, thank you
Beautiful job on that ax, I am so impressed the way you do things. You are a inspiration to me. Thanks
Yours is the first video I have seen that shows the double bit with two different edges. My grandfather sharpened his double that way. He used the one side for limbing up trees and chopping the limbs into firewood. The other side was used for splitting wood and cutting out roots. He had a big heavy single bit that was used for felling trees. Memories from 60 years ago. Thanks
Brother this channel is the best thing ever. Awesome vids the content from EDC and homesteading are right in my wheelhouse. I have been greatly inspired by your "just go for it" attitude. I tracked down my grandfathers Kelly Flint edge double bit axe within my family and have undertaken the challenge to create a heirloom for my son to pass down. Plus you video of you and your son in the cave WOW! The pride in your face is the kind that can only be known between a father and a son I got a little misty because thats how I feel towards my son too. Glad I found your channel keep up the good work. You may have to show TheHossusmc how to run google plus. Thank you so very much
Ben
I'm going through and eating up as many of these axe videos as possible. I have an old Kelly double symetrical that I want to restore. WWWD? (What Would Wranglerstar Do)
I have an old Collins double bit from the early years, fantastic axe! Enjoy your stuff!!
I absolutely love your family's channel! everything I find very very interesting and I like learning more than anything else. so, your channel sure falls into a learning channel! thank you for sharing and thank you and your family for the wonderful videos! martina
I love family heirlooms! Nice job, you fit that head perfect!
Wow, I love watching you work. I have always hated how the new tools that are made these days just fall apart, there's nothing better then a old tool in working condition. Thanks for reminding me to finish my axe restoration!
I don't even like axes. I've never used one. I study computer science and do math. But I love your videos when I get high. I don't know why.
You made my day, lol.
3v3ryus3rnam3istak3n most people apreciate genuine skill, especially in these old schooly crafts
Pekka Kaukalo finnish forrest crowd in every movie around axes and logging :-)
perkele!
+3v3ryus3rnam3istak3n oh dear seriously? Learn to use an axe more and lessen the inherent dork..
+Electro House but where would I use an axe I spend all my time doing math or playing video games? I don't think people would like if I started chopping trees on campus, that could be fun though...
Nice handle! These axe and saw videos are some of my favorites.
My father would have tanned my hide if he saw me split the handle head with a metal wedge. He said if you fit it properly there was never any need for it and that it just unnecessarily weakened the head. Right or wrong it was just his way and watching you hang that head brought back memories of him. That is a beautiful tool.
I've got Sager Chemical that was found in a Northern Michigan corn field...rusty as all get out, I've got it finished up and shaving sharp. One of my favorites.
I have one of those belt sanders. I bought it to replace an old Delta that got damaged. I wish I had forked out twice the amount of money to replace it with the same one, because I was used to being able to sand the heck out pieces with the Delta, and now I just bog the thing down whenever I use it, and it takes a lot longer to do the job. The table for the disk sander is pretty flexible, too, so it's hard to get accurate results on it.
The funny thing is, since it is so under-powered, you don't have to worry about over-heating the blade if you put too much pressure on it. I guess you call that serendipity.
Thanks again for doing these videos. Keep up the great work.
Hey! Awesome episode! I am taking on restoring an old HB Axe on my channel in the coming weeks and this is exactly what I needed. thanks for sharing! Denis
+The Apprentice thanks
hello I have a old slightly rusted double axe with US91 stamp but can't find out who makes it or any info on web except for an old hand axe with US91 stamp, if you know anything about this it will be very helpfull... thx
Woodings - Verona used the USxx stamps on their axes and other products (sledge hammers, spike mauls, single and double bit axes and hatchets). The US was followed by the year of manufacture US91 or 1991 in your case. Nice USA made tools. Later bought by Ames and I think they still used the Woodings tooling for many years.
+Heirphoto thx
interesting video, sager had a chemical dip similar to the bluing on a rifle. it makes me curious as my old sager almost has no colour at all while yours is almost black.
Man, I love watching you work on your tools, especially your axes!!! I'm trying to learn from you!!
Very nice. You are a craftsman even dare say an artist. Thanks for sharing.
Can you do a video of your history? How before 2010 you learned about forestry and living off the land. You have mentioned before your time in the forest service, did you learn there?
its not been in the hands of a woodsman since the fiftys.....and it wont be in the hands of a woodsman for fifty years more....JUST JOKING......
nice job....keep posting pall
TY, fixed many hammers over the years. My trick was to epoxy the handle prior to final assembly, and also coated the end grain on the top after wedging and pinning. the only plastic handle I have ever used was on a 20# sledge hammer head, It needed to be indestructible.
Yet another fine example of true craftsmanship!! Nice job
Another superb video , nothing but admiration for you and your family. Thank you for you sharing your knowledge from andy and family in england
I have a sager double bit ax too. It is an awesome tool. Mine is a 1932 pattern.
Your workmanship is stunning
I like your fulcrum technique!
This is why I'm subscribed to you. Great video. I am currently drying pieces of ash to make handles, I never hafted a tool before. Could you make a guide to making a wedge? Wood type, grain orientation, thickness, angle etc. Thanks!
Well done Cody a real piece of art
Great tip on how to sharpen the axe. I'll use that from now on.
I'll give the sander/grinder a try on my axe. Thanks again Cody
That is a beautiful axe my friend and it being a family heirloom wow, I'm happy 4 u
Awsome axe i love that bench grinding technique im going to try that
I just picked up a Western Logger Puget Sound axe, 11 5/8" across, weighing in at 3.6 lbs (marked 4). WL axes have forge lines which indicate the end of the blade.
When you marked your axe for sharpening, did you use the ends of the eye to make the cross mark? The forge lines on this axe seem to be very close to, but slightly wider than, the width of the eye of the axe. It's in beautiful condition and should clean up nicely.
Great work on that handle Cody. I dig your music selections on your videos too!! Happy holidays....
Beautiful craftsmanship Cody!!
SURE AM GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. I NEEDED LESSONS ON AXES.
YEAH, THIS CHANNEL HAS SOME SWEET STUFF ABOUT AXES, WHY ARE WE SCREAMING ?
I DONT KNOW
LOUD NOISES!
AXES ARE AWESOME!!
Daniel Romero CAN I JoIN?
There was another video of you taking the axe head out of a counter and unwrapping it from the brown paper packaging. Where did that video go?
Loved it, as a boy I spent many a day playing in an old shed with many hand tool that belonged to my grandfather and great grandfather. With the progression from forestry and milling to the oil boom a generation of knowledge was lost and the race for the almighty dollar began. Anyway my parents generation did their best to assure their children were to have a better life and after the passing of these old timers so died the knowledge. So sad, I don't blame them (my parents) it's just what seemed the right way to them. What I'd give to have a few tools from my grandparents generations, my parents saw no use for them and got rid of them. Ok, official ramble, I love these videos.
Thanks for showing how to properly fit an axe handle. I can now see how I didn't get mine fitted correctly.
My grandfather told me when I was a little kid that he would sharpen them the same way. One side narrow to slice and make the chips and the other side more blunt to clear the chips on the horizontal, spinning in his hands as he was working. Just my .02 cents. Great video.
LOVE IT NOTHING BETTER THAN A WRANGLERSTAR AXE VIDEO KEEP THEM COMING
Nice to see your video, I have work at Surinam SA and the local people worked for me to make Marine poles.
THese were cutted out of Basralocus. All by hand. Pole from 6 mtr till 21 mtr long. These are used at Holland ( the Netherlands to protect the Bridges and habour/ Port sites. My people used Purperhart for handle or Bolletri. These are common local names.
The bolletri is also known as Latex tree or more commen as Beef wood. Super structure red like reak beef colour.
THese people make it by hand and use only a long Knife ( as you use at the tropical forrest. Houwer.
The weight of the timber is alway higher than 1 kilogramm as per ton ( 1000 kg) so the timber can not flow.
If you have the posibilitie you have tro try your selve to make your best axe.
YOu need to buy these timbers.
Regards,
Jan Willem Geurts
The Netherlands / Surinam
awesome. bites deep! your craftsmanship is great, sir
Beautiful axe Cody. Be proud of that one. Thank you sir for sharing.
Living north of the Great White North, hickory and ash are a bit hard to find in this neck of the woods. ( "Any hardwood you want, sir, so long as it's birch..."). Would you have a supplier you could mention who could supply wood billets for handlemaking? Thank you very much!
Could you show where you make your center punch mark for your blunt edge?
I know on many axes they forge welded the hardened steel over top of the rest of the axe, not inside. When the bit has been sharpened away the core metal will begin to show through at the edge. Since one end of your axe is shorter it makes me wonder if this is the case with yours. A vinegar bath should reveal it one way or the other.
I really enjoy your video's thanks for all of the information you provide!!! It has been a great resource for finding information on how to restore my new to me 1922 Sager Chemical Axe.
it is nice to see that the axe will be around for a couple more genrations
Just dropped by the Old Local Hardware and purchased my 2nd and their last Wiebelhaus & Co. double bit axe head. For working improvements, growth and ideas, can you tell me the purpose of the kerf cut and wooden wedge?? Is it for friction against the head, or wood wedging to expand the kerf thus locking the head in place??
Special thanks to your reply. Purchased my metal wedges on ebay, had it shipped here in the Philippines, probably will get them by next month, thus completeting the assembly of the "twin axes".
Also lastly, can you make an axe sheath for double bit axes, there are lots of videos around, but we need to know what's simple and efficient. Thanks and God bless.
Why the center punch at 5:32?
Cody, nice to see that you have a band saw, ... a lot easer then the first handle video !!!!
I was helping a friend clear a path for his farm equipment I felled a 2 foot in diameter tree with a small forest axe. I was thinking if I had an axe with a longer handle it wouldn’t have taken me 3hrs. What are your thoughts should I get a double bit axe ? Will the handle be longer and easier to use for felling trees. I was using a fiskers x15 by the way. Should I have used a double bit ? If your chain saw died and you only had a axe what would you use? Thanks for all your work I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos.
you could also use a little spltting to get the shine going, i have a 16 lb sledge that has been mushroomed from a grenade splitter for the knotty pieces, i admire the work you put in to the vids because not a whole lot of living effort is put out anymore these days, sometime soon i will post a vid showing that a city boy can make it lol
love the sounds of the axe connecting with the tree
ditto
Outstanding, where do you get the little metal wedges for fixing the head? A beautiful tool, well done.
I am getting addicted to watching you hang axe heads on new handles. I never heard of Sager Chemical. Leaned something again by watching your videos. I am becoming a closet axe nerd. Great job. It that grandad's picture on the wall by your coat?
Once again Cody you make my day with another beautiful video thank you
Hey Cody, Love your videos! You are an honest, upright man, full of integrity. Keep using your God given talents... They bless A LOT of people! You don't know most of us subscribers, but many of us look up to you as an example of what it means to be a Godly Man/Husband/Father. Thank you for sharing your life with us! p.s. You always pick great songs/music for your videos, What's the song in the beginning?
I recently restored my grandads old double bit. I cant figure the manufacturer as the head only has "Pa chemical process warrented" stamped into. The pa is pennsyvania as where im from im sure. Although it might be a sager but beings as i cant find a manufacturer stamp or anything so i dont really know.
Just a though have you ever soaked your Axe heads in Vinegar? will remove the rust without excessive wear.
Thank you for the tips on how to use the compass when it comes to sharpening your single bit and double bit axes. And if you don't mind I would like to try to sharpen my single and double axes the same way you did? . And I was wondering how you would go about sharpening a scout camping axe with a hammer head on the opposite side?
My favorite old time axe is the Kelly cruiser.In all my time throwing axes... 'twas my favorite
Hi Wranglerstar ... you remind me of that old poem by frost, "Two Tramps in Mud Time". It's about some hard working lumberjacks, but it's more about loving your work :)
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever truly done
For Heaven and the future's sakes.
Love your stuff, keep up the good work.
Best handle yet, by far Cody! You've done that old axe proud... :)
Is that little red vise a Wilton? If so that's the same vise I have on my bench.
Another Great Job Cody. All of our Axes are still in the shop that burned out during the Bastrop Complex Fire. I am hoping we find the heads? You think after going through such a catastrophic building fire they would still be ok?
You will have too re temper the edges, If you can find them.
I have a 1940 Sanger Chemical double bit felling axe that has been in the family since purchased. I removed the handle by drilling it out but the inside is in rough shape being rusted and pitted. With a high point that runs around the internal surface.
I would really be interested in you restoring the axe to its functional state. The axe is from the Sandpoint Idaho area originally and it was my grand fathers. I really would like you to do the work as I really appreciate your videos. I could put a handle on it and file the profile but the work you far outstrips my ability to work wood and profile a axe head to being what is should be for functionality. Is this something you would be willing to do?
Thank you.
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A nice and informative video. I recently purchased a Sager 3 1/2 lb axe, not a chemical though. Wondering what the difference is?