When the blade gets dull, well, you can fix that: A bench grinder can be used to sharpen a dull axe head, and some rust soak will have it looking new. But a when the handle cracks or is damaged ...

Removing rust, carving new handle ... ourselves from wet-dry sandpaper cutoffs from an automotive shop. Then the honing process takes place with a strop. Rehandling the axe happens by using ...

You can usually be sure that standing dead trees will have a nice dry core, especially black ... A Hudson's Bay Axe has about a 24-inch handle and a 2-pound head. Although not marketed as such ...