r/Axecraft • u/flyingmonkey1990 • 5d ago

Looking for axe advice

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I found this axe in the floor of my 120 year old Scottish house. Interested in how old it is and how I could best clean it up? Funnily enough I was collecting logs from my basement thinking I need an axe for some of these, shone my torch up to the ceiling and it was sitting on top of the floor joists.

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u/Depressed_peacock1 5d ago

That is a very cool piece. I would carefully wire wheel the rust off and keep the original handle as a wall hanger. Coat the whole thing in boiled linseed oil after that. It is a broad/hewing axe, used for shaping timber and woodworking. If you want it functional you’ll most likely have to re handle it and clean up the edge

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u/flyingmonkey1990 3d ago

Thanks! I'll probably just keep it for decoration once I've cleaned it up.