Axe-head rehandling.

How to make a new handle for axe-heads. Old-school.

You can find the source videos here: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8...
And another youtube user has posted atleast some of the videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Kansanperinnenet

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• bushcraft

[cretinGbg78]

it is birch. look at the colour, no different coloration, nice chips, easy to carve, not dryed yet so it cuts wery easy..

[praagyah]

@cretinGbg78 I think it's spruce. It's difficult to say absolutely sure, because of the age of the footage. And i also believe spruce shrinks less than birch does, and is less prone to cracking. I also think the piece he works on is dried. At least for some time, simply because it makes very little sense to put a decent amount of work into making something that will shrink and possibly crack. Ofcourse, your guess is as good as mine. You might be right.

[IKUIKUgogo555]

Hi, Thnks for shearing this grate video!

I would love to see more of this. if you do not mind, could you also share the source?

[praagyah]

@IKUIKUgogo555 I have added the information you requested in the video information tab.

[avn2sh]

what tool was he using from 4:10?

Thank you

[praagyah]

That is actually just a knife. The same knife that he`s using through the whole process.

After that, he uses a piece of freshly broken glass, as a scraper.

[vitunvitunvittu]

I can't tell you the wood used in this video. But I can tell, that the method is exactly the same my grandfather used! :) (I'm also from Finland)

Grandfather never used anything but birch. He told me that birch was nice, dense and heavy wood. And relatively easy to work with.

He used the exact same methods shown in video to make the ax handle. Altough he did use some sandpaper to smooth he handle. Any other way, this could be my grandfather making a new ax handle. :)

[BernhardHofmann]

Lovely to see someone with such skill working with sharp tools. I could watch it all day long.

[555Nato]

Nice to see craftmanship at work.this man knows how to use a knife

[03mark87]

I liked the part where he made the axe.

[damageinc2]

wow great video i don't know where u found it but keep up the great work it's motivating and awsome no home depot trip for him lol

[miltonSF]

No need for sound! it speaks by itself.

[kaizoebara]

I have worked quite a bit with maple and with a really sharp knife you can carve it like this.

[assassin616]

@praagyah i think its birch from the way it is worked, never used spruce, but i have used birch. not saying ur wrong, but that is my gut feeling from the way the axe chops into it

[xcgreene]

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how its done.

[willfullyobscure]

ctrazy. nede to go sharpen my axe, becuase it is apparently a butter knife

[ThePartyCrasher96]

looks like hes carving cheese, he makes it look easy