Re-forging an old wood axe into an engraved viking axe

[@Peteru69]

I personally like it way better without music. The soothing sound of the forge and the hammer adds to the experience. Also, great job on the axe. Great project.

[@EuphorbiaPulcherima]

Not exactly period viking, but 100% craftsmanship and art. Great work

[@needlermasta]

i swear that anvil is sitting on a 3 legged Ikea stool

[@marccoffey291]

Still one better then me. I use IKEA furniture as my anvil.

[@ryanratterree2119]

The weeble wobbles but it don’t fall down... yet

[@christopherdrekr1078]

The weeble is losing a lot of energy do it.

[@selkirkswift]

Lot of wasted energy not going into moving the hot steel

[@Pudding9221]

My god, from the thumbnail I thought you had done the engraving through chemical etching or something. It was impressive to see you you do it freehand with a chisel.

[@jossypoo]

I completely agree. I looked impressive for etching, so to see it done by hand... I was awestruck.

[@abandonedbucharest7704]

Sir, Id like to personally thank you for this video, cause because of it, I got into axemaking!

[@banjosambar]

Finally someone using a grinder with the guard on👍🏻😎 awesome job with the axe dude, you got mad skills

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@ユキヒョウ229]

the engraving on this is absolutely beautiful. Fantastic job.

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

If you can hold onto the head with your bare hands, that tiny little propane torch isn't going to do any kind of "tempering". I'm also glad you filed weak points into the wood exactly where you want to prevent a split from beginning, lol. There's a reason wood for hafts and bows chases the grain and never cuts into it...

[@lovejcdc]

That was awesome work! Love the hand engraving and the hammer forging. A lot of people would have just done a lot of the shaping with a angle grinder. You did a great job.

[@fredosleepswiththefishes]

sorry for the late arrival, just found this video. holy shit! just a little bit of work went into that then. what a masterpiece that turned out to be. beautiful finish, thank you for sharing.

[@nightwalker5278]

Awesome. Fantastic result and a joy to watch Thanks for sharing

[@rafiqkatana]

Apologies, also it is a truly beautiful job. Your work is exceptionally talented. Im enjoying watching more.

[@preclovis]

Fantastic work. I like the way you did the engraving.

[@Geisteskr4nk]

What an excellent work for your first one. Very lovely done!

[@thorshammer8033]

Nice work mate. I just found an old axe blade in the shed today and you've inspired me 😃

[@knivesstuff]

Oh wow dude! This is so amazing. The finish of the axe is so good. I wish I could engrave like you, you make it look so easy! This deserves way more views! I did something similar but way less good.

[@mrfrankcastle083]

Look at my beautiful weapon! That's incredible, thanks for video.

[@WV591]

Always so fascinating watching this kind of creativity.so much patience.beautiful work. any viking would have been proud to use that.

[@xAchilles09x]

Nice axe bud. I like that your runes are on point as well. I love making axes, swords, and knives but armor is such a blast, you can do anything with it.

[@gibell3443]

Wish i had a skill like this. Congrats dude- incredible work, thanks for uploading.

[@UllyrWuldan]

This was incredibly informative, and beautiful work. I am looking to begin the craft myself.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you! And good luck! It's a great thing to get into.

[@arceusmaster91]

happy birthday, video!

[@schaferhundschmidt1798]

very informative video! Well done on the axe, nice little shop you have.

[@randyyale3211]

Wow! Nice work. You have patience and a whole lotta talent.

[@raywalter3992]

museum quality for sure!! a pleasure to watch how much work goes into such art. blessings

[@liegesaboya8265]

beautiful work ! I dont mind for not having songs on the video -- actually I dont like music on documentaries . Nice images , reallly well done , congratulations from Brasil !

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you! And Yeah, I learned my lesson with the copyright and song remover ha ha! Thanks for watching!

[@RahByte]

Realy nice process. :) And the final piece looks awesome! I draw a lot of fantasy weapons lately and its very interesting to see how these weapons are made. :)

[@Ron-nk6md]

Awesome!! Somehow I didn't have notifications turned on for your channel so I'm just now seeing this. That's fixed now though. Don't want to miss anything you're doing. Love it!

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you! Glad you like my videos!

[@Odinson1313]

forget the haters if there was some i didnt even read the comments.. Im just a fan of blacksmithing and i dont know much or have any experience in it but im also a fan of vikings era and such and gosh buddy that axe is wonderfull!! keep up the great work! you go one more subscriber here for sure :)

[@thefactualist312]

Beautiful work. Nice Viking Period Axe.

[@jamesellis5549]

absolutely stunnig,real old world craftsmanship.

[@jonathanburke2600]

love the engraving work you did. I plan on working on an old axe head after seeing this vid

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Good luck man! Honestly it's a good beginner project and all around not that hard just takes some time to move the steel (especially like this video where my anvil isn't mounted yet!)

[@thomaswiler2910]

this is an absolutely stunning piece! bravo and thank you for the inspiration.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@stienerrecliner]

nice but you might want to secure that anvil a bit more

[@xeromage]

Right? I'm no smith but that just seems like a day-one kinda thing.

[@Dloweification]

A lot of his stuff seems kind of wobbly, the anvil, the vice, etc. I mean.. if it works then I can't exactly criticise him, but I'm sure he would enjoy keeping all of his toes. Nothing wrong with making a KZbin video about building a solid stand for your anvil, or building a solid table for your vices. I don't rememeber from the video, but I'm sure there's more than just a vice on that table (probably some expensive power equipment) so it would be in your best interest to build a good work bench.

[@mistrlampshade]

agreed. i wonder how much force gets lost by the anvil rocking and moving.

[@peterhedman4934]

LOTS !!!

[@jamesback8024]

Here is a Tip from another smith, Your anvil is dancing quite a bit. bolt it to a round piece of 3/4 plywood, sitting in a cut-down 50 gallon steel drum filled with sand to the right height. the anvil floats on it and gets rid of ALL the bouncing.

[@PacificExpressions]

Good job bro! Beautiful work and nice execution.

[@fd4294]

Great job Andrew! Thanks for sharing. If your anvil is now stable, it's a good one. You should use a bigger hammer too bro, you're a damn viking!!!

[@purie123]

wonderful work. amazing results beautiful engraving and a great handel.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@paulchandler9646]

Excellent craftmanship.

[@tb5219]

Great work. Very beautiful.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

Beautiful work! I also loved the ingravings!

[@RyanCook0608]

...really came out Beautiful - nice work!

[@peterreijnders4642]

Working for NASA is not cool anymore. This is cool.

[@LionheartSJZ]

Amazing project! Beautiful work! I'm jealous :)

[@3DTyrant]

That is one beautiful axe you reforged, very interesting to watch the it happening, too.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@jamesback8024]

+Andrew Hanowski Here is a Tip from another smith, Your anvil is dancing quite a bit. bolt it to a round piece of 3/4 plywood, sitting in a cut-down 50 gallon steel drum filled with sand to the right height. the anvil floats on it and gets rid of ALL the bouncing.

[@Revenant483]

Outstanding work bro! Love ❤️ the engraving work! You are talented!

[@raver377]

realy nice build i wouldve loved some burning-ingraving in the handle as well but it looks awesome

[@prado.offroad]

great video, love the engraving, I might try that on my next batch of blades.Awesome sound track takes me back to before music became auto tuned bullshit.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@antonio.henrique]

Great job ! Awesome axe ! Cheers

[@Faestingman]

Great work dude. Turned out awesome!

[@neztomi567]

Great ironwork! Please give the step by step in tempering. Thank you.

[@anthonykent7983]

So much better than the old axe stock removal video content of some KZbin channel. You are an artist. Thanks Anthony kent HAWK woodlore knives UK

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@sagacyberdemon]

OMG!!!! Very VERY nice Axe.

[@vrunchycrunchy9272]

That anvil shake scares me, but great work with the axe, its beautiful!

[@jamesbumgarner5737]

great project really nicely done. You have skills

[@jeremiahmyer5005]

that is so amazing you are a very gifted artist!

[@markrichards4361]

Looks great, well done.

[@AaronBelknap]

Beautiful! Turned out awesome!

[@jakethatsnake55]

Most beautiful blade ive seen in my life

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@kuribo1]

Very nicely done, the back designs on either side look like Romulan wings and the Klingon Empire symbol. Great looking edge and handle.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Ha ha thanks! The wings are Valkyrie wings, Odin's angels who decide who dies and lives on the battlefield, and the symbol on the other side is the horns of Odin.

[@kuribo1]

Andrew Hanowski I pretty much figured that was what they were but since I am also a big trek nerd as much as a medieval European history nerd they just clicked in my head as looking rather similar.

[@pazuzu_666]

Wow, nice work. The wobbly anvil was making me nervous as hell though.

[@TimStevens]

Beautiful work!

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@LukeyTriplett]

That freehand engraving is amazing

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@bluesberrysmoothie69420]

This axe forged in fire and ice... :D

[@lauwaetquentin3864]

Beautiful viking Axe !

[@LoremasterRelomi]

"Hanowski smithy" on axe head- GG

[@Syrkyth]

Wow, nice result! Might want to fix the wobble on that anvil/mount, a broken leg gets no work done.

[@MorteWulfe]

Very interesting work. Was worried for you when I saw that anvil wobble though!

[@CatapultCarnage]

awesome work

[@ARR0WMANC3R]

Great work, just fyi - dark age axes tended to be a lot thinner than woodcutting axes are today, because they were intended for slicing through flesh and bone, which is a far different toughness than wood.

[@twardy8304]

by far different, you mean more or less? xD

[@CrizzyEyes]

heh, well it's obviously still a woodcutting axe, just one that's fit for a jarl. norsemen had to chop wood too you know

[@alvindueck8227]

great final product.

[@Oregu7]

Gorgeous! Great job!

[@guaiamuncascudo]

very nice piece! loved the engraving in younger futhark (hanawszi smith and andrew hanawaszi), very nice touch! P.S.: that looks sharp as hell!!

[@cliffk8720]

very nice work!! very clean details. would like to see you drop a beard down in the skeg ox style. maybe Forge weld a spring steel edge. Tool steel needs constant sharpening if it sees a good deal of use. but I do like your work.

[@garyw9439]

Cool. Even looks like its being made in the land of Norse.

[@MW-lw5mn]

Great job done, but it would have been even great to just restore this old one. Such good old forest axes (as it looks like one) with a nice lumberjack handle are just great.

[@Kurokubi]

I just gotta imagine how nice it must be to be able to smith in a cold environment and with snow on the ground. Here I am in florida which doesn't seem to want to participate in this "winter" thing that everyone seems to be talking about.

[@altuf7281]

7:58 I like the music choice

[@MoabYoda]

Beautifully done!

[@bill2472]

Beautiful, well done mate.

[@FUGYOO]

"Dipped it in snow..." FAAAK DAT ! I'm from one of those break away Viking clans who migrated to the Gulf Coast, not much snow here lol. That is a really fine job dude.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks man!

[@666tonsofsquirrels]

Stunning, man! Well done

[@GettinJunkDone]

Beautiful, absolutely amazing.

[@MichaelClaudio13]

Beautiful work friend.

[@warrior_mtl4895]

Very beautiful.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you!

[@madpenguin9402]

You're a great craftsman

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you!

[@drrickmarshall1191]

Really beautiful work, personally i think a wooden wedge would have looked more authentic and traditional if it is a show piece. However i can understand the practicality of a metal one. All the same a very fine work.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you! Usually the wooden one Is placed then a metal one pounded in after the wood one, but this was such a tight fit I just had to use the metal one.

[@fitteritout3622]

Beautiful work

[@GrannySoupLadle]

That's a sick axe dude. If ever I were to be slaughtered by an axe murderer I would want it to be with that axe! I would go to Valhalla for sure.

[@banglawillie]

fantastic job well done looks awesome

[@Fufuneraire]

"I have no idea what I'm doing !". "I do shit". And the result is awesome :D

[@kavenzmann6612]

Wow...amazing...beautiful ...great work...i love it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@moonshineman33]

awesome work. Really liked the seax video.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thanks!

[@michael7324]

Well done.

[@riccoratzo]

absolutely awsome! congratulation!

[@johnrussell3755]

1 stroke of Blacksmith = 100 strokes of goldsmith

[@woodlandsnorth]

Excellent job. I wish I had those skills.

[@andrewhanowski9601]

Thank you!

[@skylarhawkins1636]

RIP Camera

[@danielalexander7091]

Good video. Want to try it myself. Piece of advice: Secure your anvil to something more sturdy. You lose a lot of kinetic energy with that thing wobbling around.

[@thomasrudd5144]

nice job on the engraving, not everyone can do that. I'd struggle!