jim austin 6 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I have been working on Viking style broad axes for a while now and I wanted to show an example of one. All of the pieces I have done in this style use the Scandinavian type "D" shaped eye which is both beautiful and utilitarian. It is a harder eye to produce than the round, Baltic style eyes which I have used up until now, but it is very satisfying to forge. So far all of the poll welds have survived the eye-forging process (knock on wood). The axe shown below is the subject of a tutorial in the History Forum (pinned topic). I have also included a picture of some ash-hafted axes done this year. The largest axe head is 7-3/4" long and sits on a haft which is 54" long (requested by the new owner - he will probably trim its length a bit). In the upcoming year I intend to do some axe forging classes for interested persons - I am test running such a class right now and the students' first pieces are coming out quite well. I would like to thank Don Fogg and the whole Forum community for your positive comments and support in 2010. I wish you all a wonderful New Year. Now get out there and bang on some steel! Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Mack 1 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Jim, That is outstanding work!! I would be very interested in your axe class. Scott Link to post Share on other sites
GEzell 136 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Very nice, graceful for an axe.... Link to post Share on other sites
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