Suprising how much rust came off of the blade!

I'm a Plumb fan from wayback and have a collection of them, including some Permabonds. I think you've done a fine job, well done. It reminds me of a 4lb Permabond I bought new at a hardware store in Australia around 1970, which still has its original hickory handle and has given sterling service over the years. Keep up the good work.

Very nice restoration.

Fantastic job!
I can find no serious fault in your processes.
Thanks for your fruitful efforts 👍

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Use a blow dryer to remove air bubbles from the epoxy resin. You're doing good!

Damn any lumberjack would be proud to own such a pretty, sturdy tool. Great job man

As a Plumb fan boy, I say this with love. Screw the permabond axes. I've done this several times with nothing but hand tools. Not one time did I come out unscathed. Beaten and bloody is how I would describe how restoring a permabond leaves me. Great job, though!

Awesome! I think it turned out really good

Way better to do a traditional epoxy free hang. When the handle inevitably gets too damaged or breaks, getting the eye cleaned out is a pain in the ass. Do take note that epoxied heads usually have parallel sides in the eye so you will have to create a taper in at each end. I do this with a carbide burr in a drill. Only takes a few minutes. Provided you don't glue the wedge in and don't use any metal wedges, repairing loose heads or replacing a broken handle is a simple process.

I’m a plumb fan as well…..if I could give you a small tip…boil that sucker in your outside in your fish cooker in water….it will come right out

Pretty nice result!
I like the tape template to fit the handle.
Is it common to take resin to fix the handle at plumb axes?
Greetings Tino

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What epoxy did you use? I have an old hatchet that I'm tryin to reuse the handle. There are some gaps in the front and back of the eye. I was thinkin of doin like a cross wedge but idk about that.

Hey, thats not a bad one! I’d like to see how it looks after a year or two of regular use. It has potential to gain some character..

Love this axe!  Looks like the real deal original.  Where'd you come up with that Dreadnaught sticker?  One of the coolest axe names in history, I think.

Have you tried a file to sharpen your axes ? I find that the easiest and fastest way to get really sharp bit

very nice , man do I have some rusty old junk you ought to work on .lol

Nice work! You really did justice to that old axe head. It's so good to see something "useless" being cared for and put back in to service. Keep it up. BTW, your intro and outro are killer. What did you use to make you video intro? Love it!

Have I told you how much I HATE Perma-Bond !