my first axe with damascus cutting edge .

[the big chief 3,099]

just a single wedge .

i dont know if i mentioned this before but i was a stone mason , and have put handles on loads of hammers over the years , so thats why it was my biggest fear cos every one iv done has ended up with 5 screws drilled into it ha ha .

iv been shown how to do it properly and still cant do it . so i thought il take an engineering aproach and go belt and braces .

wedge . apoxi and pin it , then oil soak .

that should fix the bugger . of course i should forge it right so that the head will accept the shaft like a pic axe does , with the hole at the top of the axe head being larger . but as a first go in still really pleased with it ¬!!

in use its fast deep cutting and very controlable . from heavy hits to shallow fast chopping it goes through anything so far . i wish i had tallent id carve something with it , allways wanted to make a hollow canoe from a tree . but might take a couple of years ha ha .

if im lucky and get my power hammer this year this sort of thing will be much easier to make and there seems to be a healthy market for them , if all the pm's are genuine !

i think they need a belt sheath to finnish them of tho , cough cough (gaffer)

count me in then for that pal