In this video, watch the complete restoration of a rusty old axe! The process begins with cleaning off the thick layers of rust using a wire brush and rust remover. Next, the axe head is carefully ...

My dad hasn't split firewood in about 25 years, but he was still reluctant to give me the old axe. "That axe has been in our family for probably a hundred years," he said. "It was my great ...

Some of the axes used in the restoration were made by a Montrealer blacksmith. Here is a feature on him first published in 2023. The axe head, heated by the flames of Mathieu Collette's forge ...