Please forgive me cross posting like this.
Well, I got a present a couple days ago. The kid had found it in his yard.
He is a plain lucky kid, I tell you.
He found one of the best antique bottles I own on the porch of a house he rented. Now this, from the next house he rented.
I decided to try something here. A picture I can put in, and another I can attach and if this works right, you can crawl around inside.
The reason I did this is,
Well 2 days ago this was under-the-barn fresh. It was solid crunchy 50 years of rust.
No handles, and the guard was broken off.
Welding and grinding took their toll. And in the process of fitting the handles (purpleheart wood, the kind the Atlantic City pier is made out of, btw) I had to take it to here.
The original crust had to be skuffed off.
Besides brand new handles on a relic would look like lipstick on a pig.
So here I am.
I can smooth over and blue the frame leaving its shallow pitts intact.
This would be the best preservation of the logos.
Then skuff part of the blue back off and let it rust brown up in time. Distress the handle some.
Or I could make it into piece of candy and mirror polish the whole thing.
Maybe some checkering on the handles. Or carving.
BTW This little ax is a serious ax. Its tiny, but exceedingly solid. Webster Marbles (the inventor / maker) was an outdoor genius. This tiny thing, with a good edge and determination, can do some heavy work, for its size. The guard swings completely away and disappears into the handle.
It has a hefty spring that works in both positions too. It "walks and talks" as they say in knife collecting. The guard will snap into either position as soon as you go past the middle rest, if you let go.
It will not accidentally disengage either position, either.
Click on the attachment to crown all over it like an ant heeheheheh
yours Scott
