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Graybeard
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Don't know about you guys... but I need all the protection I can get. Big Grin

Put this leather haft guard in place on a trade axe I am working on...simple way to protect your tool..




And here is the stitching method...



Pease
 
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Greenhorn
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That's a great idea, think I will do the same might just save myself a handle or two. That's a nice baseball stitch by the way.
 
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Graybeard
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Think the next time, I will use a piece of thick rawhide...wet it and let it dry/shrink in place...

Pease
 
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Booshway
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Good idea and it looks good too. I have piece of rawhide that should work just fine. I will have to try it out.

BC


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Free Trapper
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Pease,
One question- does the attached guard fit well within the carring sheath/axe guard? Does it interfer in getting the axe out of and back into the carrying sheath? I am assuming you carry your axe in a belt or sling type sheath.

Talltree

Keep your tail high and dry!
 
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Graybeard
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Neither,...

It is for my haversack knapsack conversion.
 
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Booshway
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That's a nice idea, Pease. Many's the time I've swung with my axe and damaged the wood right under the blade by an inacurate blow. (I'm a better aim now! Big Grin) That leather would, for the most part, prevent that. Great thinking.


"Return unto me, and I will return unto you," saith the Lord of hosts.
~Malachi 3:7b
 
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