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Hmmm. Interesting, Billy.

Drat! I have a draw plane, and a syth or two.

I have a great love for old tools. The photos show some great work. Have you ever found that ultra polishing can make the tool head resistant to rust? Just wondering. Be Well, RZ.

Talus......Thats some beautiful work there. I admire someone who can take old tools or other objects and turn them into art pieces. I would love to have a beautiful axe like those to hang on my wall by my front and back doors. They could serve a dual purpose, first as a beautiful eyecatcher and second as a equalizer if needed since I lost all my guns. Think about that, you wouldnt even have to register it!

Only because it usually leads to the axe being hung on the wall rather than used

The coolest thing is when someone asks me to 'retire' a special tool for a special person by making a presentation piece. Makes me feel very lucky.

Thank you!

Talus......The shed at my Moms house still has a lot of my Dad's old tools in it and some of my Grandfathers (who immigrated to US in1909 and settled in AZ in 1911) I know there are some old wood handled planes and possibly an axe or two. I'm going to go looking. I may find some treasure for you to try your hand at. If you dont mind what area re you in AZ? Maybe youre close by..

Some I need to work on.

Check out Awesome Restorations on YouTube. That guy and others like him do some really cool work. Lots of inspirational work on those channels.

These are some of my log building tools. The chisel at top is an antique English tool, probably 150 years old with the original handle. The chisel at the bottom was made by my blacksmith. It has a dogwood handle. Both are great chisels, hollow ground.
The slick was also made by my blacksmith, I also made a dogwood handle for the slick. This is one of the log builder's favorite tools, hollow ground of course.

The broad axe is also an antique from England. I love the looks of the broad axe, but, I have never used it. I got real good with the adze, and it does the same work as the broad axe so my beautiful broad axe has never gotten a workout from me.

Nice!

Phoenix. Drop me a PM.

I think the broadax would be giving you a workout

That's about when they start to get interesting right there. I've got a single bit just like that one hanging on the rack, and don't know who made it.

The broad axe will give you a workout and so does the adze. I hewed all the logs with the adze. It took about 25 minutes to do an 18 foot by 14 inch log.
I was a young buck, big and strong and in great shape. After 25 minutes with the adze I had to sit down and take a rest. My arms felt like rubber bands.

Simon Kenton,

I have two adzes. One I think is a railroad adze. The other a nicer one I picked up at a shop in Oklahoma. It was at a spring where Washington Irving camped on his prairie tour. I was demonstrating finger weaving and twining there that weekend for this old tyme festival gig.

Then all my work is just [bleep].

Ever encounter a Winchester brand?

Thanks to Jeff et al - I have thoroughly enjoyed this thread. BUT - even more enjoyable for me is to look up on our special wall where we display some true treasures from throughout our lifetime - where I can see, admire and appreciate the axe that Jeff recreated for us. I am touched by his work, and this man.

not trying to out do anybody but i have 7-or 8 draw knives ,4 spoke shaves ,3 broad axes ,adz ,wooden planes, and lots of axes,,,,horder or collector??

i buy most draw knives i can find and spoke shaves, i have seen hundreds of moulding planes when i was 17-18 working for Goodwill enterprises, probably most were thrown away , wish i had kept them but thats life.
Using draw knives, spoke shaves , adz's slicks, broad axes takes a lot of muscles that we do not normally use and it takes a lot of conditioning to build that muscle. also try banging a piece of hot metal on an anvil for 5 minutes.