Removing rust, carving new handle, sharpening- on a budget! Restoring a $2 garage sale vintage rust bucket of an axe and my grandfather's hewing hatchet- starting with removing rust, removing the old ...

Stainless steel, ballistic nylon and plastic composites have ushered the axe into the contemporary era, while wood continues to ... wedge shape unique to Maine axes in the early 1900s.) ...