Camping Project

[Pure 98]

I found this hatchet in my backyard, for a long time I would just walk by it, till one day i stopped
(1934 Bridgeport Hardware Co., The : Official "Boy Scout" Hatchet)

sand / grind rust off
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nice and clean
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cut out the handles out of oak
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Screwed them together
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Finished and stained
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sorry for the crapy pics

 

[ladywolf]

thats a pretty cool project. nice job on it.

are you doing anything to protect the steel to keep it from rusting again?

 

[IntoTheVoid]

That is really cool...Old stuff rocks! :guitar3:
Awesome job on the restoration.

Any bodies buried in the backyard too? :lmao:

 

[Pure 98]

thats a pretty cool project. nice job on it.

are you doing anything to protect the steel to keep it from rusting again?

Thanks ladywolf, I didn't do any thing to protect the steel. Is there some thing i could do to keep it from rusting again?
will it rust again?

That is really cool...Old stuff rocks! :guitar3:
Awesome job on the restoration.

Any bodies buried in the backyard too? :lmao:

LMAO :lmao: Thanks IntoTheVoid :cheers: I thought the same thing.

 

[Uneek]

Is there some thing i could do to keep it from rusting again?
will it rust again?

Nice work.

It will rust again unless you live in a dry area with little to no humidity. I would wipe it down with WD-40 every now and then to keep moisture away from the metal.

 

[Pure 98]

Nice work.

It will rust again unless you live in a dry area with little to no humidity. I would wipe it down with WD-40 every now and then to keep moisture away from the metal.

Okay, Thanks Uneek:cheers:

 

[SkylineGTRracer]

Looks cool! besides cutting stuff what else would it be used for?

 

[Pure 98]

Great camp tool :
Gather fire wood
Cutting fire wood
Cutting rope
Hammering with the blunt side
+
Protection next to my Ka-Bar :thumb3:

 

[brian2sun]

Nice work! You could do a cold-bluing treatment on the steel. It's basically like staining and it's used for guns. It will give it a bluish/blackish look though.