hatchet restoration. Boy Scout hatchet Passed down from my grandfather.

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

Комментарии • 67

  • @davedoughty1213
    @davedoughty1213 3 месяца назад

    Great job on the hatchet 🪓!! Even better that it belonged to your grandfather!! Now you can give it to your grandchildren!!! (After you use it for 30 or 40 years.) Well done sir!!! Thanks for sharing your video with us!! The Old Army Scout…

  • @krishoogstraat6866
    @krishoogstraat6866 2 года назад +1

    You did a fantastic job with that Bridgeport hatchet.

  • @herrickkimball
    @herrickkimball 2 года назад +4

    That is a downright impressive restoration! Your grandfather would be very pleased if he saw his old hatchet now. 👍

  • @Bloodshed.restorations
    @Bloodshed.restorations 2 года назад +3

    Great restoration and always nice to keep a bit of family history going too👍🏻

  • @CrustyRestorations
    @CrustyRestorations Год назад

    Simply a beautiful restoration job, love the handle. Makes me want to restore my.manky old axe. Keep up the great work👍

  • @NolaGal2601
    @NolaGal2601 2 года назад

    Very nice work!

  • @mikedkc
    @mikedkc 2 года назад

    Beautiful job.

  • @brendanlangord1687
    @brendanlangord1687 2 года назад +1

    I restored a very similar hatchet about 6 months ago. Great job.

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      Thanks, it was definitely a fun project.

  • @Jimmykimball
    @Jimmykimball 2 года назад +1

    Wow! Used that hatchet for years with a broken handle. Great to see it all fixed up

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      Thanks 👍it was a Fun project!

  • @fredporter
    @fredporter 6 месяцев назад

    I have a Bridgeport from 1957, still in great shape. My dad bought it for me.

  • @jamesdolan5236
    @jamesdolan5236 2 года назад +4

    If you had any information on when the hatchet was originally purchased, there are lists of dates of manufacture, and during each of those time spans, the hatchets were painted a different color. Also, you might want to look on the sides of the head to see if there's a boy scouts emblem embossed there. Bridgeport was the official Boy Scout Camp Axe for many years.

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад +1

      Yeah it has the boys scout emblem on the side. I’m not sure when it was made though

    • @jamesdolan5236
      @jamesdolan5236 2 года назад

      @Robs-shop before you refurbished it or even after, was there any paint left at all, like yellow or green, perhaps?

  • @javanthomas4122
    @javanthomas4122 2 года назад +1

    Great work. Makes me want it

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      They are nice little hatchets, very handy to keep next to the wood stove for kindlin

  • @charlesknight3204
    @charlesknight3204 2 года назад +1

    Brought back some VERY old memories!!! Ultra nice restoration; better video!!! Merry Christmas!!! Take care, be safe, best wishes and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 👨‍🌾✝️🙏🎄☃️

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      Thank you! Merry Christmas from ny

  • @HoustonR6ryda
    @HoustonR6ryda 2 года назад +1

    Man.... that came out nice. Every time I visit my Grandmothers (92) I rummage around in the garage and beat my uncle and cousin to a vintage tool.

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад +1

      Thanks! Yeah I find a lot of good stuff at estate sales in the garage or basement. Old vintage tools are fun to find and restore

  • @subramanianiyer2731
    @subramanianiyer2731 2 года назад +1

    Nice job brother. Like from India🇮🇳

  • @АрменБолужев
    @АрменБолужев 2 года назад +1

    Благодарю мастера за отличную работу. Все сделано с душой. Благодарю за труд. Удачи вам на канале. 🛠️🪓📹👍🔥

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      Thank you! I appreciate it

  • @carrestore
    @carrestore 2 года назад +1

    happy new year Rob’s shop
    good job

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      Thank you! Happy new year!

  • @alanr4263
    @alanr4263 2 года назад +1

    That's really kewl to know it was ur Grandpa's so kewl.

  • @AndyM.
    @AndyM. 2 года назад +2

    FYI- that scared the bejesus out of me too!! HA!!

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      Haaa! 😂

    • @johntatman7477
      @johntatman7477 2 года назад +1

      Yeps, Holding a chunk of wood with your hand, while cutting towards it with a circular saw is definately not safe. You know they make these things called clamps, same thing used to hold the wooden handles to the metal axe haft later on.

  • @MrFromTheDark
    @MrFromTheDark Год назад +1

    What kind of punch was used on the nails there?

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  Год назад

      It’s an old pexto rivet punch. It’s made to round off the end of a rivet, worked pretty good at peening the nail

  • @petricabistricean1806
    @petricabistricean1806 2 года назад +2

    Super tare 👍👍👍👍🍯🍯

  • @sodiumchlorid
    @sodiumchlorid 2 года назад +2

    cool restoration but keep more savety on your workplace...

  • @RNDM85
    @RNDM85 2 года назад +1

    Do you think it ruined the temper on it all?

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      I don’t believe so, no

  • @mortonbeard2240
    @mortonbeard2240 2 года назад

    You should have used brass for the handle pegs. The pounding of the nails could have cracked the handles.

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад +1

      Yeah kinda just using what I had on hand to make it work.

  • @davidoliver2559
    @davidoliver2559 2 года назад +1

    I saw another one of these on Tom Gunn Tools

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      I’ll have to check it out!

  • @jguitarz1
    @jguitarz1 2 года назад +3

    Great video on How not to restore an OG hatchet.

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад +1

      Well it’s mine and I got it fixed up with what I had on hand and I’m happy with it! Thanks for watching

  • @jt9498
    @jt9498 Год назад +1

    Just an FYI on peening the pins on the handle: you used the wrong end of your ball PEEN hammer! That's what the rounded end on the hammer is for....peening! :)

  • @staticbrowz9033
    @staticbrowz9033 2 года назад +2

    I love watching people use a sanding belt the wrong way lol its that snap of the belt that gets me everytime hahahaha 😅

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      What’s the proper way?

    • @staticbrowz9033
      @staticbrowz9033 2 года назад

      @@Robs-shop its a vertical belt going side to side with something that long always breaks the belt its common sense.

    • @jt9498
      @jt9498 Год назад

      @@Robs-shop The proper way is NOT to force it. Let the belt do the work. Take it easy and take your time with sanding. Don't push the work piece into the belt.

  • @andrewsmith9174
    @andrewsmith9174 2 года назад +2

    If using that sander wrong and popping the belt scared you, I can’t wait for your fear when you seriously injure yourself with that circular saw.
    Also, we see you actually own clamps. Why in God’s name could you not use them when playing with the power tools. You’re lucky to have all your digits.

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      😂

    • @andrewsmith9174
      @andrewsmith9174 2 года назад

      @@Robs-shop, I am not joking. Seeing the wounds on your fingers after just doing a simple polish and handle fix, I fear for your life if the job were bigger.

  • @komradechampa348
    @komradechampa348 6 месяцев назад

    Watching you use a metal hammer on a metal tool was literally painful.

  • @rickydockins2779
    @rickydockins2779 2 года назад

    4 out of 10 maybe

  • @MichaelJones-nn7my
    @MichaelJones-nn7my 2 года назад

    Nice restoration but surprising how you still have all your fingers

    • @Robs-shop
      @Robs-shop  2 года назад

      I have a lot of experience with a circular saw. Not saying there’s not a chance of loosing a digit. A band saw would be ideal.