Carved a handle - Inspired by Aguineapig


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Carved a handle - Inspired by Aguineapig - UPDATED NEW SHEATH

Here it is, out of American Elm.

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Just for fun.
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I did get some small cracks from drying. But I beat the crap out of it and it held well. It actually feels VERY stong. I think the elm has less flex than hickory or so it seems. We'll see how she holds. I have a five day rafting trip next week and it's going so that will be the test of it.

Thanks for watching. Thanks to AGP for the tutorial!

Matt

Threw this sheath together tonight with a friend of mine who is a saddle maker. Now it's ready for the trip on Thursday.

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VERY NICE WORK!!!!!i love that sandvik:D i had some cracks in a vine maple handle i made. i mixed up some epoxy and spread it over the cracks with a cut out piece of a plastic bottle,made sure to fill all the cracks and sanded her down.works awesome so far.its smooth as silk:D
 
thriller100 said:
VERY NICE WORK!!!!!i love that sandvik:D i had some cracks in a vine maple handle i made. i mixed up some epoxy and spread it over the cracks with a cut out piece of a plastic bottle,made sure to fill all the cracks and sanded her down.works awesome so far.its smooth as silk:D
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I did that sorta thing with gorilla glue. But it dries clear so the cracks are still very visible. I don't think I'll have a strength issue, hopefully.

Thanks!
 
It looks really nice! I just ordered a vintage head off ebay and I'm planning on doing the same thing!
 
Nice job! So what made you decide to try elm? Also I'm curious to know how you like that style of axe head after you use it some. I haven't used one with that shape before but people who have seem to prefer it. Thanks for sharing it with us. I would say you did an excellent job.
 
OutdoorEnvy said:
Nice job! So what made you decide to try elm? Also I'm curious to know how you like that style of axe head after you use it some. I haven't used one with that shape before but people who have seem to prefer it. Thanks for sharing it with us. I would say you did an excellent job.
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I'll let you know how I like it.

Behind my dad's house half an elm blew down. So voila, I picked elm!:4: It's supposed to be a tough tool handle.
 
M3mphis said:
I'll let you know how I like it.

Behind my dad's house half an elm blew down. So voila, I picked elm!:4: It's supposed to be a tough tool handle.
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It's tough all right....so tough that it was used for bearing blocks on ship propeller shafts!
 
That things friggin nice. Those knots shouldn't bother you too much, they are not in a particularly high stress area and the handle is short anyway. if you had a 36" handle with a huge knot right in the middle at the thinnest point it can be a problem, but most of time they are just an eye sore for perfectionists. I would love to hand one of my users to an armchair axe snob- probably give em an brain aneurism or something
 
Great handle there! I just carved two this week. Had a lot of fun seeing the handles slowly appear under the waste wood.
 
Aguineapig said:
That things friggin nice. Those knots shouldn't bother you too much, they are not in a particularly high stress area and the handle is short anyway. if you had a 36" handle with a huge knot right in the middle at the thinnest point it can be a problem, but most of time they are just an eye sore for perfectionists. I would love to hand one of my users to an armchair axe snob- probably give em an brain aneurism or something
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:4:Yeah, I'm thinking that since I will never grip it fully below the knot, it will probably be okay. There's actually a lot of through running grain on either side of the knot.

I started with a huge elm log, but the grain was so crazy I had a heck of a time picking out that section of wood even with that knot. Typical of elm, I guess.
 
Nice sheath

M3mphis said:
I added pics to the original post. Thanks.
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I really like the design & workmanship in your sheath.

I've got some leather here from a friend and I'm going to be making some axe sheaths.

I like your design and have printed off a copy of it. I'm going to try and reproduce it.

Thanks for sharing, Tom
 
Thanks Tom. Very kind.

I'm very happy with it, because it is very secure. Which to me is more important than a tactical deployment in under .24 seconds. :4:

If any part is unclear that you'd like clarified, let me know.
 
You could bind a few inches under the head with rawhide strap. It'll protect the handle from over strikes and would help reinforce the cracks.
 
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