#rehandle

The sledge is done! It is an Atha Tools (sleuthing by @w_squared2) 14 pound, strait peen blacksmith striking hammer. I paid ~$5 for it at a salvage place and it took all of an hour to clean up and rehandle with a hickory handle I have had for too long. I cut a wedge out of walnut and the smeared the head and handle with @axe_and_anvil. The overall length is now 25” and I put it on top of my 110 pound Swedish anvil for a size comparison. Now I just have to con someone into being my striker... #reuse #riddlesteel #sledge #oldiron #rehandle #betterthannew #blacksmith #athatoolco (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VyFhrDKDF/?igshid=1oodjky75yp02

I have a theme running on #handtooltuesday : handle replacement. Today I swapped out a cracked and split handle on a nice German Sandvik hatchet that a neighbor gave me. 20 minutes of fitting, some heel reshaping, and an application of machine oil for the head and walnut oil for the handle. While I was at it, I oiled my 2.25oz boys axe as well. I see no sense in buying new if you can fix what you have. #sweatequity #sandvik #germansteel #rehandle #repair #reuse #boysaxe #axe #handtools #hickery #newhandle

Randall Made Thorpe Bowie with a Behring Made re-handle job featuring an engraved copper s-guard & sub-hilt, hammermarked and etched blade with new skull stamps, fossil walrus ivory spacer and a nice gnarly crown stag handle

This re-handled Randall set from Behring Made is simply beyond words

Check out a few of the Randall re-handle projects that more and more of you are sending in. The originals are already incredible themselves, and to get to put my own handles on these knives is not only fun but it's a trust of quality, and it's an honor.