Making small axe - blacksmithing, wood carving and bushcraft trip
Making and using a small axe. I forge the head, carve the handle and sheath from wood and use the axe on a bushcraft trip. Open the full video description for more information.
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Date: May 2024
Day: about 20°C (59°F)
Night: about 10°C (50°F)
Hours of daylight = about 16
Location: Scandinavia, Northwest Denmark - sea, spruce/pine and hardwood forrest. Some of the most remote in Denmark, but limited how remote it can get. A lot of birds and deers etc. No bears, only a few wolves.
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Consuming: coffee.
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A few questions:
1. What steel did you use?
C45 - about 80mm long piece of 40x20mm.
2. What wood did you use?
Oak.
3. How did you heat treat the axe head?
Annealing in air and hardening in water - hardening only the cutting edge area and using the remaining heat to temper to a light yellow collar.
4. Did you split the wedge kerf?
Yes - I pre
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