An Inexpensive 'Hawk...

[Rifleman1776]

When you mentioned "handles" it reminded me of an old hand axe my Dad gave me this fall while lightening up his load for a move to Florida. I grew up with it. It was left in a cabin by someone unknown some 50+ years ago, and Dad rescued it to keep it out of the hands of the clumsy and unwary. The wedge had fallen out and it had a couple of wood screws pounded in to simulate keeping in place for actual use. It's leaning in a corner of the garage now, and I'll be up to cleaning up burrs and dings on the head, and likely replacing the handle altogether. The blunt face of the head is wide and squared - wish I would have had it 30 years ago for camp use and pounding in stubborn tent stakes.

As it is now, it's barely usable, but with some clean up it could be a hefty showpiece, and it's no belt axe.

I had Grandad's axe like that one time. The head had been replaced three times and the handle six times. But, it was still "Grandad's" axe. :wink: :rotf: