Old rusted axe head

[david.kuntzi]

Picked this up for $10 just wanted to experiment with making it useful. I have it soaking in muriatic and peroxide overnight it is heavily rusted. Weight is at 2lb 11oz could it be a hatchet?

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[Derrick Phillips]

how did it clean up?

 

[Gary Miller]

the best cheep rust removers i have found are either vinegar or coke a cola. theres both work very well and are cheep. the most important thing when you use a rust removing soak is to get the remover neutralized . i use a washing in hot water with baking soda in it then a good rub down with some light oil. just my 2 cents

 

[wall e]

Looks like it may be an old craftsman hatchet head.
Another vote for coke to get the rust off.

 

[doomtooth]

Nice find man. I have an old head from the 60's that I will one day restore.

 

[harshitgpt89]

Looks like the grandfather Axe.

 

[Ed of all trades]

We used a small axe like that for cutting and the big axe for splitting. Just our family name for it would be a cutting axe. Have two of them now, don't have a big axe, don't want one. Ed