Feb 3, 2014 · From the booklet Ancient Axe Book by Gransfors: "During the 7th century, iron axes with oval handle eyes became common in Sweden. The oval-shaped axe eye was a technical …

Feb 27, 2014 · The three foot handle gives greater control on the swing! Some of these axes appear to be wrapped similar to a tomahawk in construction, with a bit inserted for the cutting …

Sep 29, 2010 · To the slanted side is welded a handle of 5/8” square steel about 20” long, which is clearly marked R and L to denote the right and left faces of the axe blade (I have reusable …

Sep 27, 2013 · WIP Rail Spike Viking "Axe" rail spike viking tomahawk By Josh A Weston September 27, 2013 in Design and Critique Share Followers 0

Aug 8, 2017 · So I was planning on turning an old, rusty, cheap camp axe into a shiny Viking style axe with a modified handle. All was going well but then I noticed that around the beard of the …

Sep 29, 2010 · It is 1018 with 1070 edge steel, roughly 17x8 cm and 400 grams, the ash handle is 80cm long with a viking-style wrapped ring of brass wire.

Apr 21, 2011 · Greetings to everyone, I know many of you have been following Jim Austin's Viking Axe making tutorials under the History forum. I had the opportunity to purchase one of his …

Jan 13, 2016 · In many ways, this axe was a leap forward for me. I was able to use more authentic techniques and tools to create this axe. Being able to forge-weld eye socket, body, …

Aug 9, 2017 · Ok so as I mentioned in my last post I screwed up making a handheld viking style hatchet, so I went to Lowes and picked up a pretty cheap wood handle hatchet. It's not a bad …

May 5, 2017 · Axe fax: OAL: 20" Edge: 4.5" Materials: Jeep axle (I've heard that they're 4140 or similar; whatever it is, it holds a good edge and takes a beating), pignut hickory handle Head …