Pattern Welded Felling Axe

[antigoth24]

I wanted to share a recent project that I have been working on, I have been trying to make a wolf's tooth pattern axe and this was my first attempt which was a disaster on the side of the pattern but it still turned out to be a nice axe. This axe was wrapped and welded with a body of mild steel and an edge of 1095 and 15n20 with a central core of 1084 giving the edge about 32 layers. The head is 8 1/4 inches long and the edge is a little over 6 inches, with the weight of the whole axe sitting at about 4 pounds. The handle is hickory and measures 35 1/2 inches long. All comments are welcome thanks for looking.

Oh also I did take photos step by step on the forging of this axe head so if anyone is interested in seeing the process I can post that in a separate thread.

 

[Steven Long]

Looks fantastic. I would love to see a WIP on this one. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Travis Fry]

You MUST show us how!

 

[Brad Lilly]

Nice ax, it is almost too nice to use. I sure would like to see the WIP pictures.

 

[Wade Hougham]

Nice job of forging and hanging.

Wade

 

[Shane Wink]

Very beautiful. i have been following a couple of your post and really admire the tools yall are making and how they are made.

 

[antigoth24]

Thanks Shane, I appreciate you taking a look at the things I'm making, I'm still growing a lot in the craft but I'm glad people are starting to like my tools.

 

[Mr.Svinarich]

Axes are just as sexy as knives, this just furthers the point.