Old Hand Tools

[lash]

Okay, so like many of you, I’ve inherited and otherwise acquired various old hand tools. Many of which I still use from time to time.

So I thought a thread where we can post pictures and/or stories about them would work.

I recently just used these shears for some flatwork and then for trimming a bunch of expanded mesh. They are much better than most of the modern snips/shears. A joy to use and those edges are hard too.

 

[Keel Haul]

I’ve gotten into restoring some old axes and putting them on new handles. The latest one is a 1925 Sager Chemical double bit axe head I’m fitting to a new piece of hickory.

 

[lash]

Nice!

 

[Keel Haul]

Nice!

Thanks. Work in progress. Unfortunately I don’t have a backstory on this unit but imagine hearing the century long story this axe has seen. The pics don’t really pick up the temper line between the harder and softer metal but it’s really noticeable in person. I’m fitting a 36” handle with a card scraper to get a nice and tight fit. I’ll shave the hickory and check for fit 20-45 minutes at a time so I don’t get overzealous and take some power tools to it and take too much off. This is going to be a Christmas present so it’ll be able to start a new chapter with a new family here shortly.

Edit for typo