Need help ID'ing shingling hatchet

[Sam Cade]

Its ALIIIIVEEE!!

 

[Deltaboy1984]

A little grinding and your set.

 

[rcmodel]

I think I'm set now, except for final sharpening & honing it.

Finished grinding the welds and put the handle in permanently this afternoon.
Made a quick and dirty blade cover this evening.

Leather cut & Contact cemented Welt on one side:



Holes punched & setting rivets:



Gluing retainer strap:



Setting hole location for snap:



Setting Snaps:



Hatchet & Sheath:



Hatchet & Sheath after oiling the leather:




I guess it's my Viking War Hawk now!!
(unless I need to do some Split Wood Shingling!)
Then it's my granddaddy's antique Roofing Tool.

Turns out the old straight handle makes it more like a Hawk then a hatchet.
It slips in & out of my belt like a good hawk should!



PS: If you came in late, It started out as this:


rc

 

[Certaindeaf]

Excellent work. What a transformation.

 

[thralldad]

I WAS satified with mine til I saw yours! Back to the workshop!

 

[Sam Cade]

Back to the workshop!

The game begins!

 

[Wolfebyte]

Ok.. what is this, a test of my eyesight?

if so, I failed.. I don't see any heart.. nor 3 lines of text on that head...

anyone do a rough out sketch of it?

 

[rcmodel]

The heart is just to the top right of the red circle around the crack in the photo.

It is visible in the finished photo just above it. (The black heart just below the eye.)

The text was too rust damaged to read, either before or after cleaning.

I can't even do a rough sketch of it, because I never could make it out well enough to read any letters of it.

rc

 

[Bull Nutria]

what is that wet spot on the leather hatchet cover glue??

Nice job what a great project thanks for sharing!

Bull

 

[rcmodel]

Wet Spot = Fresh Contact cement, before it dried so the strap will stick to it before it is punched and riveted.

rc