what should I use to remove that much material?

@@shaundevan1525 A regular grinding disc works great . You can use it sideways to remove the metal . Also a bench grinder works great of the wheels will fit into the radius on the axe .

On this cheap splitting axe only the blade was tempered could tell from the sparks bro! If you notice I don’t touch the edge but the axe is thin near the blade and quick to cut most of the heavy cutting is at the thick end so just keep cooling it if you’re worried but you can always temper the edge when you finished if the file is not skipping but remember splitting axes don’t have a very hard edge anyway for a proper cutting axe I’d by a carpenters axe an mod that

@@CoshBushcraft Thanks. I wouldn't be doing this soon (too much on my to do list 😁), but good to know. I've started carving, so a you need a thin light head which you can choke up on. Cheers mate. 👍

He put info about it in the subtitles in the video. But only twice, so I guess it was easy to miss...

Ye mate just gets deeper the longer do it easy to do great for personalised stuff I’ve done knifes shields camping cups bolsters get yourself a vinyl cutter you can design your own stickers you can also layer designs an get some epic stuff going

@@CoshBushcraft i was just looking into a vinyl cutter for the airbrush i just got

If you end up getting one make sure you get low tac vinyl or it will turn your projects into a sticky mess lol I learned the hard way

Salt water etching knife making pt1

There’s two videos on it on my channel mate take a look

Lol just cut $2 worth of steel and wood off and your good to go lol

He is turning it into a beautiful work of art, that axe would be worth $100 imo