first hatchet finished...

bladegrinder

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It was fun but I'll probably stick to knives. a neighbor talked me into making this for him, so it's his design. he also wanted saw teeth on the top and another sharpened edge on the bottom of the handle section, I couldn't do saw teeth so those got axed and then told him the other edge would be dangerous if his hand slipped. I did do a gut hook that he wanted though. it also has a small section he wanted to be used as a hammer. he wanted holes for string to go around the handle so once I did those I thought it would look good connecting them with a ball end mill. the handles are G-10 with nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.

Anyways, it started out 4" x 18" x 1/4" 440-C.
it finished 4" wide at the head and 15" long, with a 320 grit finish.
I'm glad it turned out like it did, I never made one before and was a little apprehensive at first,
especially doing the hollow grind.
what do the hatchet-ax folks here think ? Photo Bucket cropped my pictures a little....



 
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