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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Axe


Lakeside



Over the years my Poppa has gifted my younger brother and I a whole mess of tools.
Most of them from his Uncle or Grandpa (I believe.)
When I cleaned out one of my toolboxes last year I found an old Lakeside.
Took a lot of elbow grease and patience, but I got the thing de-rusted and cleaned.



Hung it on a hickory handle from the local hardware store.
Used a four-in-hand and a big glass of ice water.
Then I adapted a pigskin sheathe from an old saw-cover,
which I also got from my Poppa, years ago.
That took quite a bit of work, the leather is very tough and I don't have a punch.
Pliers and thick needles did the trick.