Vintage Swedish Hatchet Restoration Part 1: Making the Handle Blank

This is the start of restoring a vintage hatchet.  Actually I'm going to modify the head quite a bit, so what I'm really doing is trying to improve it and make it functional.  In this video I make the handle blank which is now seasoned and ready to make into a handle.  Other steps will be to modify and refine the head, shape the handle, put the handle on, oil it and make a sheath.  I'm not sure when I'll get all that done, but this was the first step....

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Steven Edholm and filed under tools, wood working, axes, hatchets and tagged hatchets hatchet handle making handle making handles wooden handle woodworking traditional wood working tan oak axe handle making an axe handle hanging an axe.