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Hafting an Axe: DIY (2020)

by 1PlayerOne on 12/29/22, 4:19 PM with 8 comments

• by crdrost on 12/29/22, 7:17 PM

  Re-hafting various hammers and axes with ash wood is one of Eoin Reardon's favorite things to do on his TikTok and YouTube, see e.g.

  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipHiPNA8rsA

  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3z6AjHOO58

  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOadiyVyL2M

  Apparently ash has some very nice elasticity/damping properties, making it very nice to use the resulting implements?

  Always a nice meditative watch.

• by inamberclad on 12/29/22, 7:03 PM

  I definitely recommend old USFS videos on axe work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tBYD-HMtA

• by Waterluvian on 12/29/22, 6:26 PM

  If this fascinates you, be sure to check out this video on making a celt axe using low tech methods.

  https://youtu.be/BN-34JfUrHY

  This entire channel is fascinating and strives to be very “authentic” about doing everything without turning off the camera and cheating.