As someone who has never held an axe in my life, this is what I needed Nicole!

That "what did they do to you?" look at the axe with the nail. 😄

I love the Canadian pronunciation of “process”. Decades of working with Canadians it still makes me smile.

Nothing better than watching Nicole doing what she loves. Really enjoy your vlogs, keep em' coming.

watching you do what you love, out in nature, and with a nice smile, makes me feel joy. Thank you for being you!

My partner and I seriously love that you chop wood for those who can't!

It makes me happy that there is space in this world for you to be you.

I used the part where you put the axe head on. I was using a pick axe and the head came off and I thought what would nicole do so I flipped that baby upside-down and got it back on and went on my way. Thank you really helped me.

... Best axe care and maintenance ever shown .... Attitude and skills second to none .... Stay Safe ..

Love the crazy physics of hanging the axe

Love watching you work on stuff, thanks for filming what you do!

I recently re-handled an old sledge hammer my neighbor gave me. It was very gratifying once it was done

Lovely! And i love you re-used that footage right at the beginning where the handle breaks - your reaction: priceless! My favorite scene of all your videos!

That handle burning looks sweet!

Thanks for the great video! One thing to keep in mind when working with linseed oil though: given a large enough surface area (like on a cloth used to apply the finish onto an axe) it can spontaneously ignite. So make sure to store those rags in an airtight container or completely dry on a non-flammable surface.

That double-edged axe actually works? Wow!

Greetings from Poland from an old lumberjack.

Well done Nicole!! I just did my first axe repair and new handle on a 1930’s vintage Plumb shingle hatchet. Not bad for a rookie… I tried it once about 50 years ago but this time it turned out nice! Thanks for sharing your video!!! The Old Army Scout…

These restorations is are works of art! It’s like watching the Mona Lisa being painted before your eyes 😁

Not everyone can make even maintenance look so easy, natural and nice, well done. Brava ✌❤

This is very calming to watch.

Very well done Nicole.

me when I click on a nicole video: okidoki me when the video finishes: lovely

Great video, that helped a lot of people. We need some more of the furry critter with the buck teeth. He was a great asset around camp. Thanks NIKKI.

Lol, this gives modernized "This Old House" vibes. I loved it.

I think you should make a series about how to survive in nature. That would be amazing.

Wonderful video! You explain things so wel!

@5:10 rofl Masterfully done and informative. Top marks. Quality content

THAT is some okie dokie axe restoration!

Excellent advice and great video!

Very nice. Thx Nicole!

Ahh, the gloves! Excellent.

The axe has become new. Good job!🙂

Great tutorial.

Nice job!

Thank you for helping me this is very good information

Hey Nicole 🌷🍃Love❤the Restoration’s 🌴☀️🌊🌈🌺✌️💚😎

a bench grinder is quite handy, especially since axe heads are a good bit more work to sharpen than a knife. Get a little practice using the grinder, and hold the ace head very securely in your hands. You don't want the metal to get too hot, so you need to set out some time and go on-and-off with the sharpening. Using the grinder, always wear eye protection. Then be careful using your sharpened axe - you don't want it going into your leg or your foot. Then when you have your campfire all ready, I would recommend cooking hot dogs.

I love how handy you are!

The most wholesome fucken content on all of KZfaq! ❤

Oh wow, I wish KZfaq was around when I was a kid, eh. I used to bring home Horseshoes from the barn and they usually were really rusty

Only had to remove the handle of an axe once, so nothing to compare it too. But I used a drill to remove some of the wood from the eye (avoiding the metal bits). After that the leftovers came out pretty easily.

I loved it

Awesome sauce!!!!!

Lovely!

My favourite buff Disney princess satisfied me yet again.

It is great!😊

you tickle me with every video; i always smile at how much that you enjoy what you do

good info. would like to share that your soft face hammer is called a "Mallet" a Rubber mallet to be more difinative. there are wood mallets, leather, aluminum, and sand filled but those are more commonly refered to as a "dead blow" mallet. where as hammers are hardened steel and come in many varieties of their own. just because you hit something with something else doesn't make it a hammer.

Easiest way to get an old handle out of the eye…cut off the broken handle close to the eye, drill as many random holes (preferably 1/8” or so) as you can fit in the wood that’s stuck in the eye, and then easily pound out the remaining wood with a punch or old screwdriver. Without drilling holes to relieve some of the pressure, a well-hung handle will be super frustrating (or impossible) to try to remove.

Nicole thanks to ur tips on cutting a piece of wood in half I can cut a piece in half with one swing 🪵🪓

Baseball bat manufacturer Louisville Slugger would call your torch work on the handle "Flame Tempered". They do it to strengthen the wood of all their baseball bats.

I thought you couldn't get more interesting Damn you come up with a double bit ax

DAM IM 63 THERE WAS THINGS I DID NOT KNOW,,,,,,,DAM GOOD SHOW,,,,,,,,,

Nice !

You could also use vinegar to put a forced patina on the axe head to help protect it from rusting. Keep up your ( and Savannah's ) great videos ❤

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Молодец. Купи ещё болгарку с лепестковым кругом, лезвия полировать, вообще конфетка будет 👍

I come from China and I like you very much

Hey. Welcome back.

I can't wait for the day I'll be able to put all this knowledge into practice. Right now I can only watch it from the boredom of my stupid city apartment.

Nice

Love you ❤

Coenen the Barbarian!

You don't know axe- Nicole knows axe! Bow!!

Я не знаю, зачем это смотрю... У меня и топора-то нет... Но это прекрасно!😍😍

What a good video?!!

Hello,you can use a driller to put out the handle, much more efficient.

Lovely :)

Very good instructions. Would love to this but I’m a bit of a whimp and use a electric/ hydraulic splitter!

Nicole Coenen the axe wielding barbarian

Naval jelly works lickety-split! 1:42

I once restored a small handaxe with my father. Well, we also destroyed it by throwing it against wooden lamp posts. Fun times! Decades later, the little axe is still fine and well and from time to time serving as a hammer. Unfortunately, I can't really find any wooden lamp posts anywhere, though...

The other day I was at my local hardware store getting some chicken-wire to prevent my cat from too much mingling with my neighbors', when I spotted an axe I thought looked pretty neat, perfect size for my hands, and not even too expensive. Actually took me a while to notice my mother laughing hysterically as she stared at her 38yo lawyer son, who lives an hour's drive away from any trees, has been raised on strict a regimen of videogames and old books, and whom she was literally instructing on which kind of chicken-wire to buy for cat-containment purposes. I'm gonna have to go back to the store without her soon.

Any chance you can show us your ax collection and tell us the stories behind as many as possible?

I own a small modern hand axe (It's been sharpened in Sheffield by a skilled friend). I also own three coppicing knives (basically reverse curved heavy blades for trimming and pollarding branches. One is new, two are very old, thick and heavy. I made new handle for them and tried to regrind & sharpen them (not very well done). I'd like to find a splitting axe, not too large.

I just wish (for you) that the little cute helper is still around you...

This is very helpful now I know how to repair my axe what about pickaxes can you do a video about gardening tools like hoses and pickaxes how to replace those also and sledgehammers

Now if you want to go all froo-froo, wire brush the wood to hollow down the grain a bit, then wax it with white or black wax. Or heat-gun some crayons onto the wood and wipe off the excess. You got yourself a Rainbow Axe! 🌈

People think Lucy McLean started 'okkie dokey', but chads remember you made it popular first.

A long handled punch works better for removing wood from the axe eye, a chisel is likely to get stuck in the wood.

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I've seen Baseball Bats with nails hammered in to them (like in "Escape from New York"); but an axe with nails hammered in to it seems a bit redundant.

I have an old >cracked< axe head that I inherited from my father-in-law. I'm told it would be dangerous to use it for its intended purpose, but I don't want to throw it away. What can I use it for?

Would using a large drill bit make clearing the eye of the axe easier? I mean, I wouldn't expect it to totally clear the eye, but I'd think making a large hole would release wood pressure/provide something more to grab onto.

A nail wedge is the "*explative* Good enough to get done choppin'" of repairs.

Hello Nicole, as a blacksmith I ran even into an axe that had a quartz wedge... Now that was strartling. Have you ran into other weird wedges?

could you put it in a regular fire, not a forge fire, and let the fire burn out the wood without affecting the durability/hardness of the head?

I give this video a big “okey dokey”.

Step 4 is soo counter intuitive. Makes my brain hurt xD

Awesome infotainment videos, not sure how you appeared on my algorithm but I’m not questioning it 😊, any idea why you haven’t aged since your first upload?

Do you have an axe museum? That seems like a lot of axes

It might take longer for removing rust, but salt and oil on my carbon steel kitchen tools... But I guess it doesn't have to be so gentle with an axe.

Very important: always burn linseed oil rags, they can self-ignite!

Would it ruin the temper of the head to just burn the old handle out of the eye?

I Don't know what she doing ..but i like what she doing😊

Can you use a bit of fire to somewhat clear out the eye wood?

Nicole, намаскар. а что ты скажешь про финские топоры Fiskars?

What sharpening stone grit strength do you recommend for sharpening? Ive been looking at many stones with different grit and I can't make up my mind ahaha