Made a handle for a old axe.

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Made a handle for a old axe.

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I found this axe head where there was a logging camp that was beside the logging railroad back in the hills that dates between 1890-1895.
Started with a oak board and went to work on the shaving horse, just finished it. :)

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Nice!

We have a double-bit axe that has been in the family for nearly 140 years.
It has had 4 handles that I know of and at least 2 heads.



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Thanks JimT, yep that thing laid buried foe a long time. :)
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Nice work Lenn!
Bein in logging country, I'm sure you know how special an axe was to it's owner. A very personal thing.
Always makes me wonder when one is found like that.
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Thanks buddy, this one was buried beside the foundation, dirt, where the bunk house was.
I have six axes now and just bought a couple more, one is a new Kelly perfect single bit. 8)
I`ll post a picture when I get those.
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Good site showing logging in my area, most north of me about 50 miles.
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs ... /PB39.html
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Nice one Lenn.
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Thanks Pete. :)
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Cool old axe, did a great job on bringing it back to life!!
really liked the old photos & learned for the first time that they hired Indian lumber Jacks, Cool!!
that endless chain log loader was great!!

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Cool old pictures bud!
We have a museum up in Patton that is filled with stuff from the old days of big pine logging here.
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This is the location I found the axe head, right where I`m standing at the end of this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHhXQHJNLxo
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JimT wrote: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:39 pm We have a double-bit axe that has been in the family for nearly 140 years.
It has had 4 handles that I know of and at least 2 heads.
:lol:

....that's ok, as long as you used the same wedges to hold the handle on.... :lol:
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Pitchy wrote: Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:29 pm Good site showing logging in my area, most north of me about 50 miles.
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs ... /PB39.html
Now THAT is a picture with lots of stories to tell....!

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Thanks, I don`t think ya could fit anything else on those tables .
Bet it smells nice in there too. :lol:
Those guys are a whole different breed than we have now days.
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Pitchy wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:02 am Thanks, I don`t think ya could fit anything else on those tables .
Bet it smells nice in there too. :lol:
Those guys are a whole different breed than we have now days.
Yes they certainly were Pitchy! My family on my mom's side were loggers. They owned and operated logging teams back when it was done with horse teams here in Oregon. My grandfather and my mom's first husband were both killed in logging accidents involving horse teams. My mom used to tell us tales of all the loggers who were killed or injured working in the woods. Mom was the cook for the logging camp my great grandfather and grandfather ran. She saw stuff that most young teenage girls would have nightmares over today!
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marlinman93 wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:19 am
Pitchy wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:02 am Thanks, I don`t think ya could fit anything else on those tables .
Bet it smells nice in there too. :lol:
Those guys are a whole different breed than we have now days.
Yes they certainly were Pitchy! My family on my mom's side were loggers. They owned and operated logging teams back when it was done with horse teams here in Oregon. My grandfather and my mom's first husband were both killed in logging accidents involving horse teams. My mom used to tell us tales of all the loggers who were killed or injured working in the woods. Mom was the cook for the logging camp my great grandfather and grandfather ran. She saw stuff that most young teenage girls would have nightmares over today!
Yep your right dangerous work indeed, still is but not as much as those days.
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