Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Aaron H on December 27, 2016, 03:31:40 pm
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Not as cool as Clint's holey hatchet, but here are a few I have been working on the past month or so.
I picked up the heads from the big auction site, they were pretty rusted and neglected when I got a hold of them, but I think they cleaned up pretty good. One Collins, and two Plumbs, all old American made quality.
The handles are all made of Shagbark hickory from my parents land, stained with a mixture of brown, mahogany, and burgundy leather dyes. No power tools touched these handles, other than the chainsaw used when my brother and I cut them down 3 years ago.
These were each given away as Christmas gifts this past weekend, one to my dad, and the other two to each of my brothers.
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I also made some leather sheaths for each of them from vegetable tan cow hide. They all three have white oak leaves tooled into them, then dyed and sealed with wax. I also put rare earth magnets on the flaps to grab onto the hatchets when closed
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Wow!!!!Aaron your brothers and Dad got a super nice Christmas gift. And those sheaths are the nicest I've ever seen! Great work.
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Thank you Paul, that is very kind of you. Although I cannot take credit for the oak leaf idea, it is something that I saw when doing a search online
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Sweet work, ya can't beat a Collins or a Plumb quality tools
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Great job!
The heads look brand new and the sheaths are awesome.
Kevin
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Very nice work. I really like the leather sheaths.
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Wow.....love those......sheaths are very special.
DBar
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That some fine work bud! Great salvage job on those hatchet heads.
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Wow, that's sweet me very fine work Aaron!
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Those are sweet Aaron! True craftsmanship and originality. Love it!! dp
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Very nice restoration work. That's a gift that will last the rest of their lives. Those are good quality heads. How about some information on how you cleaned them up?
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Very Nice! I like the quivers!
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Bet there were some "WOW's" said as those were unwrapped!
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Nice work and the pics are excellent ! Bob
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Nice job Aaron those really cleaned up beautifully and I love your handles they are very uniform. Bet your Dad and brothers couldn't wait to chop something with them.
Bjrogg
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Thanks guys.
Yeah BJ, they were all volunteering to go get some kindling. :D
Clint, I started off by cleaning off all the rust and loose debris using a wire cup wheel on an electric angle grinder. Then I cleaned up the mushroomed edges and rid them of any pitting using a pneumatic angle grinder. Then I took them to the belt sander to get even grind marks. After that, I just sanded then by hand using finer and finer emery cloth until I was using a scotch bright pad.
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Great job Aaron. Bet those hatchets didn't look that good when they were new. :laugh:
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Thanks Paul
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Great ending to your fixer uppers.Quality period.
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Wow those look great Aaron. I don't think a guy could walk into any store and buy hatchets that nice, the handles and sheaths make them unlike any other you could find. Beautiful work and cool gifts.
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Very nice.
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I know your Brothers and Dad were happy to get those nice gifts. You did real good, Sir.
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Those look great !! We have to get together sometime to show me how u did the sheaths and handles since I'm not to far from you. Andy
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Thanks guys
Andy, I would be more than happy to show you how I did them
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Those are the best kinds of gifts, thanks for sharing.
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You perfectionist types make me sick...............
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Aaron - nicely done, matching handles and sheaths no less. Guess your dad and brothers were really good last year. :)
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Far from perfect Pearly
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very nice work! seems every Job from you comes out very pretty,
happy and healthful new year
Hans
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outstanding work on those hatchets and sheaths!!!
would love to see a buildalong of making one !!
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Just found that post, these are mighty fine hatchets. Really awesome work brother.
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Thank you guys. I am in the process of building another one, but it is in the final stages now. Maybe I'll see if I can get a build along put together. Clint has one the he just recently posted though, I believe it is in the around the campfire section, it is called Holey hatchet build
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Beautiful work Aaron....those sheathes are crazy cool!
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Man!
I stumble in here ever now and then but I've been missing out.
You did an awesome job refurbing the hatchets,
Glad I got to see them because they are great to look at.
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Them are some beauties, great job on getting them looking like new again. :)
Pappy