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Originally Posted by masraum
Wow! Very nice. I'd somehow missed your other post farther up showing one of the hung axes.
What's the story with these? I assume you hung them, or did you have something to do with the production of the blades as well? Did you steam bend the handle on the one or just select the handle for the grain that curved? What sort of wood is the handle made from? I'd have a hard time putting something like that to use. |
I just make the handles. A buddy gave me a few planks of inch thick really old Rosewood his grandfather brought back from Asia a hundred years ago. The curve in the handles is not steam bent, I split the board and followed the bent grain with the help of my band saw, my router table and lots of sanding. Final finish is Howard's Feed and Wax (basically bees wax) sanded in with 400 grit. The heads are Damascus steel hand forged in Pakistan and of excellent quality.