Axes/the beveled lanyard hole

[upthecreek]

I like this detail in a handle and wanted to be able to do it myself. I few more bits is all you need. A quick vid to explain.

the beveled lanyard hole - YouTube

Here is a pic of the difference in the holes and the tools required.

Creek :42:

 

[Mr. Tettnanger]

Thanks for the pictures.

I saw the video before I saw this post. I asked if there were different sizes. Question answered by the pics, thank you!

 

[Longbeard]

Nice tip Creek, thanks for the vid, I'll give it a try.

"Even their digging sticks were works of art."

 

[Double Ott]

An extra step....

Creek, Thanks for the tips and the video...

I've found that if you first drill a small pilot hole to mark where you want want your lanyard hole to go and then drill out your your bevels, using a bevel bit in the handle.

Then the last step is to center and drill out the final size of lanyard hole that you want. Just center the bit in the bevel hole.

This will in most circumstances give you a clean lanyard hole without the chip that can happen on the bottom side of the handle when you just drill out the larger size hole that you wanted to end up with.

It's an extra step, but insures that you'll have a clean looking lanyard hole. And yes...it really helps to have a drill press to center your work.

Just my .02, Tom

 

[upthecreek]

Creek, Thanks for the tips and the video...

I've found that if you first drill a small pilot hole to mark where you want want your lanyard hole to go and then drill out your your bevels, using a bevel bit in the handle.

Then the last step is to center and drill out the final size of lanyard hole that you want. Just center the bit in the bevel hole.

This will in most circumstances give you a clean lanyard hole without the chip that can happen on the bottom side of the handle when you just drill out the larger size hole that you wanted to end up with.

It's an extra step, but insures that you'll have a clean looking lanyard hole. And yes...it really helps to have a drill press to center your work.

Just my .02, Tom

Sounds like very good advice.

 

[MnSportsman]

Countersink bits... We always called them "rosebuds". Use them all the time in finishing carpentry/cabinet making. Mostly use the ones now, that are attached right to the drill bit size we need.
Good idea! Another use for them.


If ya have them ,you may want to keep them individually in a "sock" of leather or a protective case, since keeping them with other bits "loosely", dulls them pretty quick.



P.S.- they do not have the same cutting bevel as a regular drill bit,so do not try to sharpen in a "bit sharpener".

 

[Holmesmade]

A flared brass tube would look great in there.

 

[upthecreek]

A flared brass tube would look great in there.

We have to take baby steps here but you're right!

 

[cashcow1976]

I just got my frist axe a S.A. Wetterlings 19" hunting axe and it didn't have a lanyard hole in the handle.This vid going to help with that . Thanks Creek

 

[556mp]

"It really makes it look a "Hole" lot better"

:4:

Nice touch Creek.

 

[Kimber45guy]

Cool stuff creek. Thanks man. Funny how ideas never hit ya until someone else shows you lol

 

[Bax 40]

#1 on the above!!

Way to go Creek!


Larry

 

[IA Woodsman]

I try to do this to all of my axes. Nice post my friend.

 

[Easy_rider75]

Cool may need to do this to my hawk thanks for the tip Bud

 

[ezra45]

I do the flared brass on my axes by drilling the hole slightly smaller than my tubing, pound the tube through with a rawhide mallet, then flare one end with other end against a anvil, then flip the handle over and repeat. I use an old hardened nail/spike that I found on the ground outside the old Forney RR museum in Denver while it was being converted to an REI store...It was an old foundry before being a museum...
I like the way your flare turns out in the wood. It looks very smooth and uniform.

Regards,

ezra

 

[upthecreek]

I do the flared brass on my axes by drilling the hole slightly smaller than my tubing, pound the tube through with a rawhide mallet, then flare one end with other end against a anvil, then flip the handle over and repeat. I use an old hardened nail/spike that I found on the ground outside the old Forney RR museum in Denver while it was being converted to an REI store...It was an old foundry before being a museum...
I like the way your flare turns out in the wood. It looks very smooth and uniform.

Regards,

ezra

I guess I know what I'll be trying next :45:

 

[coop]

Creek, what kind of handles are those and where do you get them?

 

[upthecreek]

Creek, what kind of handles are those and where do you get them?

those are old hardware store handles. Need a couple?

 

[coop]

first try. Boy do I need a drill press (and an angle grinder, and a ... anyway).