Turned out looking awesome. Very cool to see the fix on the crack. Good video for people to learn from. Thanks Justin

a super job. It is looking fantastic. I'm so excited to get my hands on that ax. I know that many others are excited to see it in action as well. I've been getting a lot of comments about that ax. Everyone is excited to see it get used.

Dude, you just saved a piece of Portuguese history... That is serious steel you got there... Many congrats on your achievement and attention while reskuing this axe!

Even if unusable, it would still make a wonderful display piece.

Thanks for the good info. I found an old hand forged axe on the mountain I live on and it has a crack in the side. Was pretty rusty but cleaned up well. Sides are a little thin but will make a beautiful wall hanger or kindling axe. I thought I would drill a hole where the crack ends up and then prep and weld it using your method. Keep up the good videos.

You make great videos!! It's so nice to see axe videos done by someone besides wranglerstar. Vary refreshing!!

I enjoyed watching you do the work on the axe. Well done.

Great repair job, that was amazing to watch. Thanks for sharing.

You are a very talented person. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Man that is awesome. Great craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing.

After seeing your video i knew what to do when i repair a crack on a small axe. I got several good tips from your video, thanks for sharing.

very nice job look forward to see it with the handle

This was a fascinating video. I really enjoyed it and remain in awe at your skill.

It's coming along very nicely! Great Work!

I wife thinks I'm crazy for all my axes and she was dumbstruck. Beautiful man glad to see these type of vids I love them

You know what you are doing with welding. Good show!

Your axe heads are beautiful. Another nice piece of work, brother.

I guess we all have "cracks". Good thing is that ALL can be fixed. Keep up the good "works". Thank you.

Masterful work, well done.

Plain and simple brilliant.

I'm glad you saved it.

I really enjoyed watching this video!

I like it , nice job on the repair, looks good

Very nice video, Well done. :)

Nice. I can't wait to see it finished!

Loved the video and love the project! I just have to figure out how you guys all do that pattern design. I'll have to dig through your videos and see if you show it... Good stuff!

Nice fix on that one brother! Good looking finish!

Question for you sir… I understand heat treating, hardening, tempering, etc. but I’m not sure if I use a weld-build-up process for the actual bit/ cutting edge of my axe, would that work out ok? Provided I heat treat the whole bit afterwards

That was really outstanding to watch

Looks amazing!

looks like ot turned out pretty damn good bro!

Looks like a fun new hobby. (so long as no more hiccups occur).

Flawless repair!

I what to thank you for your video and also keeping God baseed.

Awesome, thanks fore sharing.

I like the rustic look..but that temper color was awesome..good refurbished axe.

Thanks for sharing!

looks good dude!

i had a little hatchet a friend from youtube made me, he folded teh steel over an welded it, but when i used it to chop a branch, it virtually disintegrated an i sent it back to him as he thinks he can fix it, i sure hope he can cos i love my little ax

The Phoenix is looking beautiful.

you are a artist

Nice!

How do you detail the dimples into your axe heads? ...........

wow those master piece.

Amazing work, question why didn't you sharpen it before doing all the work?

Great metal work buddy! Too bad you aren't alittle more closer to me or met to you, do you work in a body shop? I haven't never asked but with all the tools and all the cars that took apart I just figured, but anyway I have two trucks I need worked on lol. Keep up the good work and I will talk to you soon!!

The axe you make is so beautiful

Go to your welding supply and get a "temp stick". That will ensure you heat to the proper temp.

that's so we fine work on that axe. I really like the pattern you put on it.

nice save

Would have liked to see you cutting the 'hammered' style wing pattern in. Also is there a handle video. Great work anyway.

Post which alloy wire you used, because it matters. ER 70S-6?

What tool are you using to polish? Air grinder? What kind of pad?

I thought that axes did not have a temper except for the piece at the front? That is a cool axe though. I watched the video on how you make these axes. Could you make a video on how you get the polish like on the bit of the axe. Mine seem to never come out like this. I don't understand what I am doing wrong.

have you started selling these axe heads yet? I keep seeing videos where you do these as giveaways to subscribers, gifts for people, etc. but I think we're ready to see these for sale online somewhere. Thanks!

That's mighty nice😍

Great job fixing that. Glad it wasn't an actual crack. That would have been heartbreaking.

god damn that's beautiful! you are an artist man!! :)

I want to see the sharpening part

Hey Justin! Great Video Man! New Subscriber here! Quick couple questions: what type sandpaper are you using and where can I buy some? Thanks In Advance! Have A Super Blessed Week!.....Gus

I wouldn't consider myself a fantasy guy but those colors sure were cool. I don't think I could have brought myself to remove them.

Another great video. I am enjoying your channel and the content that you are posting.

Looks awesome, but doing all that work why not clean up the cutting edge too?

is that axe from Portugal?? Portugal rocks!!

Are you sure it wasn't tempering

What electrode did you use? Was that flux core or MIG?

Made in Portugal axe? Where are you?

will you sell that head iam interested if you will

Case colouring from the heat would be a neat finish

Are you the owner of your shop? I ask because it looks like your doing this on shop time because I hear work being done in the background and see people walking through.

Mate, don't take me wrong. I'm a newsubscriber of your videos and i was liking your work so far, but you just ruined the beutifull lines of a portuguese axe, and it's back was suposed to be squared in order for it to witstand a hit in case of need. You should not grind the bevle or the edge because you will create a friction zone, an area where the axe can easely get stuck that's the reason why it is flat. well keep up with the good work and by the way great job on the power hammer loved to see it work.

When I harden and temper a cutting tool, I heat BEHIND the edge and watch the colour move out. Putting the torch on the edge could overheat and destroy it. How about a line of braze along the crack, and use the different colour as a feature? Just a thought.

So, if the eye is not hardened ... why would you attempt to temper it ? lot of wasted effort

Even if you messed with the temper of the axe, all you'd have to do is heat it up, requich it, then temper it in an oven at 400°F for several hours till gold straw color. Then good as new, if not better. Also, MIG isn't a good choice of welding for that application as although beautiful, quick, and easy it won't hold up as good as stick, or TIG. The best thing would have probably been first stick, then cover with TIG, or just 2 different grades of stick. LoL. Then that would have cut the probably of breaking to a very low percentage. I've had to do it to a lot of my grandfather's old tools, including axes, and he actually likes them better than before I restored them/fixed them.

I believe what you are trying to say is that you normalized the weld after it cooled. But I'm not sure how much good it will do unless you get it hot enough to austenitize again. Otherwise all you are doing is softening the steel without actually affecting the grain interaction between the axe and the weld. And I'm wondering why you ran that "tempering" up the spine where you ground the axe if you were just going to buff the oxidation colors out anyway. If the axe is already differentially hardened, then you re-softened only part of an already softer part of the axe. I just think it was a bit pointless if you weren't trying to get the temper colors for the visual effect over performance effect. Just my opinion and wondering why you did it the way you did.

It's always a pleasure watching someone who knows what they're doing. Nice work. Quick question -- What's the background music?

Bentley's gonna be stoked Mmmm ATB Terry God Bless

My only real complaint is that messy table. I work in aviation so its habit to be a neat freak, that shit makes me cringe lol. Sweet ass axe man.

Does the Phoenix say Portugal in the Side??

very interesting work, i have a headache watching the video constantly getting black, i can blink for myself thanks...

Why did you do that? That thing could of been really nice

Wow your not melt to weld in that direction unless itss stick welding

am i the only one who thinks that it was prettier before he polished it by taking out the colour

Clicked cause of the thumbnail, and the back of the axe looked name

Apply proper process and proper electrode and there wan't be any problem on the axe. For example,I've made myself a hammer for removing slag after MMA welding,and it was also used for correction of tacked steel pieces prior welding.So,on normal 10 ounces hammer head I've welded mild steel 1/2" pipe(different steel than it is used for hammer),and I've used "Capilla" electrode for welding steel of different strength characteristics.For more than two years I've been using it and without a single crack on the bead or near it.Personally,I would avoid MIG welding for this application,and certainly I would wear gloves while welding it. No hard feelings,but your video title might be missleading for people not so familiar with welding.Who knows what was done here before.Maybe someone in his garage have used 6013 rod which is great for amateurs since is not prone to stick on material. ;-)

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the ie is no supost to be hard if it was i would break that was known since the wikings battel axes

looked like gasoline on water

not heat treat, you annealed it.

the edge of the axe is ass tho :/

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You do good work but grinding all those little pits destroys them

you should have pushed the weld instead of pulling. good job though

Nice!