Somewhere in heaven, the old blacksmith that made that old hewing axe BACK IN THE 1850'S, is smiling from ear to ear! When I forge an axe I always hope that it will be used, appreciated and cared for, for decades if not centuries! GREAT JOB SIR!😁

Stunning. The shape may have changed but that as you have called her Old Girl is once again ready to be used to undertake many an excellent job. Thanks for sharing this with us. Awesome

Very nice! The sheath compliments the purple heart handle nicely. Great job bringing that old axe back to life.

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

You did a great job!! .So beautiful! It's great to bring that old ax back to life. Thank you. Be safe👍 😊

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

WOW! When you started with it I was wondering why you would have gotten it in such a shape but after you were complete I was amazed. Very Nice indeed. I am impressed. Thank you. Watching this has given me a creative mind for a few projects.

@DrRestoration

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mathuraprasadkumauni7542

Ай бұрын

2zeeeEz​@@DrRestoration

I did NOT see that coming!!! Way cool 👍 😍

Sad to see it reshaped but thank you for saving it

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

The freak destroyed the axe.

Verdadeira obra de arte,perfeito!Amor no que faz o resultado excelente!

That is an axe of beauty.

Tis a fine axe! Turned out absolutely lovely! Nice work 👏

Incredibly work 👍 such a transformation from what it was. I love the design and the shape of the handle. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Maestro quedo de lujo el acha.volvio a vivir y esta en su mejor momento .felicitaciones 💯👍👏👏👏🇦🇷

The sheath is beautiful

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

I absolutely love watching your videos!! If you lived close by I would bring something extremely awesome for restoration I found during my metal detecting!!

That's just gorgeous! ❤

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

The blade shape is awesome

Didn't expect THAT lol so many hacks out there. Beautiful job !

Very nice attention to detail on both the axe and the sheath. Also, awesome videography. Thanks for sharing.👏👏👏👏

Wow! you did an excellent job.

Axe & sheath both lookin' hella dope, @DrRestoration!

Absolutely stunning!

@DrRestoration

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

When you first showed that axe, I was thinking “seriously, you’re going to restore that”, at the end I am thinking”sweet, beautiful job”. Enjoyed watching the process, the axe handle is impressive,thanks for sharing.

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

That was a really good watch, which it’s what it’s all about.

Thats a knife edged broad axe mate. Similar to a hewing axe, but it doesn't have the offset blade head like a hewing axe does. A hewing axe will have a |\ | \ Profile while a knife edged braod axe has a profile of /\ / \ More or less (harf without pictures, lol)

@davesmith5656

3 ай бұрын

Tempering? The problem with the ax was brittleness, it would seem, cracks everywhere. I saw normalization in the restoration/ transformation, but no tempering.

@hanksadventures4132

3 ай бұрын

@@davesmith5656 ?

@davesmith5656

3 ай бұрын

@@hanksadventures4132 ?

Excepcional restauracion.👍

Great job bring it back to life and cool new shape. Love the sheath 👍

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you friend!

Nice, i have my grandpa's hueing ax. It's 13 in from tip to tip. I've kept it oiled but having trouble finding a new handle mine is offset but cracked. Thank you for your hard work.

Beautiful ❤

Great job!! Taking a candidate for the soup can factory and making a piece of art. Your chisel got a workout on the handle. Thanks. Be safe

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Good job

I always wondered about using purple heat for an axe handle, I would love to know how it holds up. I'm curious about your wedge wood choice. It looks like pine. I figured a hard wood would have been best? excellent video.

@dewaynesmith1718

5 ай бұрын

I agree. Should have used a piece from the other part of the purple heart

@jamescook5738

3 ай бұрын

OMG!!!!!! You Destroyed that axe. Now it’s Worthless.

Dang it turned out great, considering it was on it's last leg, and then some! 👍😊

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

It looked like you wire feed may have been a bit slow at first cause of all the spatter going on.

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip

Great job

@DrRestoration

20 күн бұрын

Thanks mate!

Wow!

Viking would love it! Very cool work!

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🪓

I have a hatchet similar to that axe. Handed down from my grandfather. I used it for years to remove heads of chickens. Worked great. Handing down to my children.

Beautiful work! Some cracks are still visible at the end!

With all those cracks id be afraid to swing it but it looks fantastic mate.

Good job!!!❤

Awesome work !! 👍

You need some refresher courses in welding technique my friend.

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

I agree 😅🤣

@davesmith5656

3 ай бұрын

@@DrRestoration --- I know it's a video, and it is entertaining, and there's careful and successful work in the customization/ transformation, and I imagine that a tempering oven is a relatively high cost item, not to mention the electric bill, but my guess is that the ax had so many cracks because it was never properly tempered. (I did not see that you tempered it after quenching. I don't do any of that kind of work, but I have seen demonstrations. As one commenter put it: don't use that ax for anything denser than a pumpkin. Brittle (untempered) steel can send a shard of metal into you, and of course you get a big chip in the edge easily.)

Amazing and detailing job my friend congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

This is beautiful I like it

Coool ❤😮

That is beautiful😮

Well done the axe looks absolutely stunning

@DrRestoration

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

​@@DrRestoration The freak destroyed the axe.

@DrRestoration

3 ай бұрын

@@vasily4748 I’m not a freak…. Just freaky

@DrRestoration

3 ай бұрын

@@vasily4748 stick around for the hatchet restoration

I actually wasn't gona coment on your post. But nice work and more importantly. Tnks for the grit chart. I have never seen anyone else do this. But to be fair. Most people that watch a resteration are already knowlegeable about all that and more.

Waooo what a finishing

Beautiful

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Very nice. Great job. Camp Crystal Lake.... Heh heh heh!!!! So sick.... I love it... Feels a little funny that you had $60 worth of wood in the handle of a $10 axe head, but hey, whatever...... The finished product was very nice....

Nice work but a little disappointed that you didn't keep the original shape. I see so many artists use the shape ypu use. Hopingfor more original ideas.

@DrRestoration

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, maybe the next one I’ll keep it original shape so it’s an original idea 🙂

Awesome work.

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Brilliant 😘😘 You did a great work, such a beautiful restoration 😊😊

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

The freak destroyed the axe.

That look so cool 💛🙌

Very cool

Nice work 👍

The olden days of battles blacksmiths weapons

That handle color is incredible

Nice job

Since you were quenching anyhow, why not blue it via oil quench instead of cold blueing it? Far from an expert on metallurgy here so genuinely asking. Thanks and nice restoration.

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

Didn’t have any oil 😅

Nice wallhanger. Just don't try chopping anything more substantial than a pumpkin.

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

The freak destroyed the axe.

Hi I'm 13 and I've been finding inspiration of watching these kind of videos and I have found a knife and I restored it I am just wondering for beginner what should I start on

Love that anvil, what brand is it? Edit... I love a lot of your tools, especially all of the different angle grinder attachments. Would you consider doing a video on all of the tools that you use?

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

It’s honestly the Doyle one from harbor freight. I redressed the top and repainted it a different color. 😊

What a worker

Nice transition from a work hatchet to a battle axe

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@JoeBlow-el8wu

25 күн бұрын

He turned it into my exwife?

@richardweilandt3315

25 күн бұрын

@@JoeBlow-el8wu 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

Hello from Lakeland Florida USA

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

Hi there neighbor 😊

Bravo🎉🎉🎉👍👏❤️👍👏

Nice job 👍🏻

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

It was much nicer befor

Dr. Restoration, water quenching is not used because it can cause brittleness. Why do you not use oil?

Peter Peter pumpkin slicer...this axe and sheath couldn't be nicer!

Internamente ese hacha no está bien forjada y tiene grietas por todos los sitios

Personally I would've gouged the cracks and made sure you wouldn't have any air pockets underneath before welding, it's time consuming but will give it better longevity and make it more sturdy. Try more heat on your welder and drag at a bit of an angle to help with the porosity and better penetration, it might work better for you. All in all decent work and the handle was gorgeous, I also enjoyed the overall design of the axe head

LOOKS GOOD....But is it SAFE ??

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

As long as you’re not on the business end… but considering no one will use it but me.. only I should be concerned with the safeness 😂

very nice forge

Hello everyone frome Possja

Everything looks great, but I’m really into Antiques and I have an appreciation for the original design, that being said I love the piece but I still think it would look better with the original design.

@AlexandrVaganov-zk1lk

3 ай бұрын

Да, это не реставрация, это перековка во что то другое. Я не занимаюсь хейтом, любая работа это труд, просто не понятно зачем брать старый потресканный кусок железа если делаешь из него что то абсолютно другое, проще же взять нормальный "свежий" топор.

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

The freak destroyed the axe.

You will have less perocity in your welds if you keep your tip closer to the weld.

@rodneymcdermott5303

4 ай бұрын

I’m actually kinda wondering how much of the porosity was from impurities where the metal was delaminating.

Hey, from Canada. Never heard of purplr heart wood but have to say its very beautiful. Will try to find some at the shops here. Great video. Fantastic job.

@freedomfighter3405

5 күн бұрын

You ever heard of purple fart

Profissional é outra coisa..

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

The freak destroyed the axe.

So I know that to hew means to shape but what is this axe used for. Like to shape what mainly

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

The original design has one flat edge so it was used to square up planks and smooth beams

@AlwaysBolttheBird

5 ай бұрын

@@DrRestoration ahh thanks

From nothing to something pretty cool. Excellent results. Well done Sir 👏

Sir I love your Channel but you a very skilled craftsman can you please make a templete and fix your toolbox Brother the lettering on it is horrible please it looks terrible my friend. Great job on the axe by the way. keep the great videos coming.

@DrRestoration

3 ай бұрын

Gives it character, check out Adam Savages lettering 😉

😮👏🏼

👍👍👍

Very good! I ' m from Americana SP - Brasil.

@DrRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Greetings!

Hey what kind of wood did u use for the handle on the axe? Was it red heart?

@DrRestoration

4 ай бұрын

Purple Heart

❤

Za dużo zachodu dla tak zniszczonego toporka, aczkolwiek dobra robota

when was the first you did this

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

This was the first

Still gonna have cold shuts and even though you filled it with weld it's gonna rust below that weld making it structurally unsound and weak

What was in the bottle, I am assuming salt.

@DrRestoration

2 ай бұрын

You are correct 👍

@theabsentmindedprofessor8357

2 ай бұрын

@@DrRestoration Thank you Very much for the reply! As a former metal Smith for the navy, I truly enjoyed your video, in fact I have the vert same ax I was looking at just tonight putting together a plan for refurbishment. Thank you!

Yeah, I’ve got my Dad’s original old hammer. It’s only had two new heads and three new handles!!!!😂

Invest in a gas mig welder

Плюс за усердие и прямые руки,минус за идею.

Дрянь получилась Железо слоистое..Не проковано, видно, что со свременем снова расслоится. Надо было полностью перековывать с бурой для сварки в один массив. Заточка тоже любительская. Вроде много сделано, только такая работа хуже воровства.

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

Изменил форму, структуру. Похоже, что это -кричное железо, возможно, что ему более 1000 лет. Пришёл урод и всё переговнякал.

Man got every tool you need 🥲

Глазам не верю. Супер.

@vasily4748

3 ай бұрын

Чушпан уничтожил старинный топор ручной работы.

You are certainly a very good handcraft. But this axe had his orginal swite and shape .. I preferred those.

@DrRestoration

5 ай бұрын

Thank you