Vintage Hatchet restoration.

[@ScoutCrafter]

That is absolutely beautiful!!! What a fantastic job. It’s tools like those that your children will cherish forever. 😃👍

[@toolscouter]

Good day to you sir. Thanks so much for stopping by and I appreciate the comment. I hope you have a great week.

[@michaellindsay8934]

Beautiful work I enjoyed the video thanks for sharing

[@toolscouter]

You bet. Thank you so much for your kind words and I hope you have a good week.

[@Dardrum]

Excellent job

[@toolscouter]

Thank you very much! Have a great week.

[@beachcomer007]

fantastic looking hatchet!

[@toolscouter]

Thank you very much! Hope your week goes well.

[@beerdrinker6452]

Nice video.

[@toolscouter]

Thank you. It was fun. Have a great week.

[@davidcoats1037]

That turned out fantastic! Love the slide hammer trick and new drifting block too. Well done! 😃👍🏼

[@toolscouter]

Thank you David. I hope you have a great week.

[@husafel]

Excellent work!👍🏼

[@toolscouter]

Thank you. I was particularly proud of how this turned out. Great to have you stop by for a visit and hope you have a great week.

[@richard1thorne959]

ABSOLUTELY AWSOME JOB Sir B PROUD Sir B PROUD Regards Richard. 🇿🇦

[@toolscouter]

Thank you Richard. I appreciate your kind words and thank you for coming by to shop for a visit. Come by again soon. Hope you have a great week.

[@ihrescue]

That was a great project. The laminated contrasting woods look just great, should be good and strong and what good hatchet that is. A good tool to have in the cache. Nice work.

[@toolscouter]

It is great to have you stop by and thank you for sharing such kind words. It is a good tool to add to the collection. Hope you have a great week.

[@TheGeordieTiger]

Great finish, dude! That handle really looks great.

[@toolscouter]

Thank you, appreciate you coming by and watching. Hope you have a great week.

[@kennethwilliams7731]

Very impressed with how the handle turned out! Great job !

[@toolscouter]

Thank you. It was fun to do. I plan to do more of them in the future. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

[@jimamccracken5783]

Very well done indeed. I collect Hatchets myself and have a couple of Plumbs.

[@toolscouter]

Plumb is a very good brand. Thanks so much for sharing. Hope to see you again soon. Have a great week.

[@toolscouter]

What are your favorite hatches to collect?

[@bobbarker5884]

😮......wow

[@toolscouter]

I hope that means you like it😃. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit. Hope you’ll come back by again soon. Have a great weekend.

[@mikecurtis2585]

Nice that handle turned out great! Looks better than new!!!

[@toolscouter]

Thank you Mike. Appreciate you stopping by and sharing. Hope you have a great week.

[@ToolsandTime]

Wow nice job. That sure came out beautiful and oh... that handle!

[@toolscouter]

Thank you for your kind words. It was fun to do that. We’ll have to do another one sometime. Maybe on a chisel. I do have a timber slick that I need to restore. I might make that kind of handle for it. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

[@wingnutsworkshop]

I was going to mention sandwiching the laminates with solid lumber, but you beat me to it. That turned out beautiful! I love the handle!

[@toolscouter]

It’s good to see you in the comments. Thanks so much for stopping by and watching. Always appreciate your thoughts. Have a great weekend.

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Beautiful looking axe handle for sure.

[@toolscouter]

Thank you Shadetree fix it man. It was a lot of fun to do and I was happy with the way it turned out. I am traveling in Pennsylvania right now and picking up some more projects to do in the future. Hope to see you again sometime soon and have a great Fourth of July.

[@TheKidFromYTown]

Really nice job. Handle looks great!

[@toolscouter]

Thank you very much! I appreciate your kind words and hope you have a great week.

[@TheKidFromYTown]

@@toolscouter - Thank you and you too.

[@troon5488]

Very enjoyable video. I like the accents in brass. I’m in the magdad camp on that.

[@toolscouter]

Thank you so much for stopping by the channel. I appreciate you sharing in the comments. I hope you have a great week.

[@ivanstiles7030]

I recently found a Plumb hatchet head like that at my late fathers home so i had to revisit your video to get some ideas for a handle. Mine is not marked Norfolk Southern like yours and the hammer end is octagonal. It will definitely make a nice restoration when i get to it.

[@toolscouter]

That’s great for you. Hopefully you’ll have success cleaning it up and re-hanging it. Thanks for sharing and good luck on your project.

[@seanhatfield4689]

I’m loving the laminated wood look. And the hammer face polished up beautifully! Great job!

[@toolscouter]

Hi Sean. Thanks for stopping by, it is good to hear from you. Have a great week.

[@davidparker3346]

you did a great job on that. I have thought of using a slide hammer to remove the wedges, now I'm going try it out, it worked great for you.

[@toolscouter]

Thank you. The slide hammer does work well if you can get a good hole tapped in the wedge. Thanks for stopping by and good luck with your projects. Have a great week.

[@rogermcdonald1607]

As always Toolscouter that came out beautiful! Almost to nice to ever use , but i know thats not you. Thanks for sharing that with us. 👍🎥🇺🇸

[@toolscouter]

Thanks 👍 you’re right I do use a lot of my tools but this one here will probably be just for display. Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Have a great week.

[@MASI_forging]

That was absolutely project 😀😀

[@toolscouter]

So glad you found this appealing. I find it to be a lot of fun and enjoy it thoroughly and love sharing it with you. I hope you’ll come back again soon and often and have a great day.

[@rawbacon]

Laminating is a great technique that adds strength and visual interest....Seems there are several similar hatchets with other railroads marked on them, I wonder what the specific use was for these on the railroad.

[@toolscouter]

You’re right about that. I presume they were for the construction crews that built rail road yards and facilities, but that’s just my guess. It would be great to have more info on them but I couldn’t find much on them. Thanks for stopping by. Have a good week.

[@mcseforsale]

I know that plywood can't be worked like that, but, damn...I wish it did! Beautiful handle! I'm about to restore my dad's old half-hatchet. It was sold with a Craftsman handle back in the 70s or early 80s. The only marking on the head is a stamp that says GERMANTOWN with USA under it. Great vid.

[@toolscouter]

Yes, you have to laminate your own wood. Plywood doesn’t work well enough. Good luck on the restoration. Sounds like a good quality tool. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day.

[@scottneufeld6532]

Beautiful job! I’m thinking it would make a perfect “BBQ” hatchet. Fancy like that!😊

[@toolscouter]

I think you’re right about that. I think I’m gonna try to make a handle like that for a hammer someday. I have one little hammer. I use all the time that I think I might try that style on. Thanks for watching the video and thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a great day.

[@terrysmith4465]

That navy seal tactical hatchet turned out awesome.😂

[@toolscouter]

😆😆 yes, I’m glad you like it. Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your humor. Have a great week.

[@marklowery3686]

ToolScouter, on the West Coast this style hatchet was called a Rigger’s Hatchet. Used primarily for building rough structures like Oil Dericks, RR bridges and the like. Note the orientation of the slot for nail pulling. Yours is for a right hander, but they were also made in a version that would work for a SouthPaw. Mark L

[@toolscouter]

That is very informative. What you say makes a lot of sense because once I cleaned up the head, you could see an oil derrick on the side, it’s faint but it’s there. I appreciate you stopping by the channel for a visit and sharing your knowledge with us. Hope you have a great day.

[@elviscoso01]

PLEASE use a push stick.

[@toolscouter]

If you look carefully, I did on the very thin pieces. I do my best to be very conscious of safety and the block I was cutting was over an inch and a half wide plenty of room for my thumb. When I have enough room, I just make sure that all of my fingers are touching the fence so there’s no way they can get close to the blade. Thanks for your concern and I hope you have a great week.

[@_BigLife_]

That turned out really nice. The laminate handle looks amazing. Did you make the drifting tool? It is nice. Thank you for the shout-out. My first axe restoration video will be up Tuesday morning. Great video, as always. Keep up the good work.

[@toolscouter]

Thanks for stopping by. It’s great to see you in the comments. The drifting tool is just a piece of a pallet that I cut a notch in the top of. Here is a video on the drifting block that I made: Tying Up Loose Ends kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKPKoqdoZtKXpbs I hope your video goes well tomorrow and that you get lots of views. Have a great week.

[@_BigLife_]

@toolscouter thank you sir. Hop you have a wonderful week as well.

[@jamesvannoy8304]

Maybe you could make a handle out of hedge sometime

[@toolscouter]

I might do that if I can find some of the wood. That is awfully, awfully hard stuff. Who knows what will get into someday in the future. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

[@Dalesworkshop]

That is a great look on a handle. I have a couple hatchets that need handles so I think I will adapt your idea. I haven't make handles before so that will be a good challenge.. You did an awesome job on the entire hatchet.. Do you think that idea would work well on hammers?

[@toolscouter]

Thank you so much for your kind words. Good luck on making those handles. They are fun. I think hammer handles made that way would be excellent. Again good luck and have a great week.

[@unwired1281]

👍🪓 beautiful. When do you estimate you will run out of wall ?😂

[@toolscouter]

Thank you. I’m close to running out of wall, but I already have been substituting some items and moving things around. Eventually, I’ll have to do something. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week.

[@Clarkson350]

Serious safety issues with the tablesaw

[@waynemoore2552]

That is a plum, riggax or riggers axe. I have many, I used to frame. How's with them. The face of the hammer is a framing face. Not smooth period

[@waynemoore2552]

It is or was a framers hammer.look up Vaughan riggers axe

[@toolscouter]

Very good. Thank you so much for that information. I appreciate you stopping by the shop for a visit and hope you have a great day.