My handmade axe and knife - pics

[Holme]

A few weeks ago I attended a blacksmith class "Make your own axe".

I´m only a beginner in the art of blacksmithing and I must say it is a humbling experience. When you think you´re starting to get the hang of it, everything goes straight down the tubes. Luckily we had a real blacksmith guru as a teacher and he mananged to correct most of my mistakes...

The axe. It is shaped in a rather classical pattern and is suited for general purposes. As can be seen, there is still some work to be done with the birch handle.




The other side




The knife blade, made from scratch. The steel is from red soil and bog iron. I have showed this picture previously in the Bog iron thread.




The axe and knife together




Axe and knife blade in simple birch bark sheats.

 

[Toddy]

I think you have every reason to be incredibly with those Holme They're really excellent, especially for a first time.

A credit to both yourself and your teacher

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Silverhill]

Wow! Outstanding work. You're incredibly talented judging by the quality of those two. It must be an incredibly satisfying feeling to have created tools from the earth; I'm a Geologist and a hobbyist blacksmith in my spare time and would love to combine both interests to create such beautiful pieces as you have made.