Lakeside Hatchet Back In Service

[kxxr]

I got this hatchet so that I could chop the lilac roots out of the yard where they surface and make things very rough. If any of you have 100 year old lilacs in your yard, you know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I put a new handle on it and cleaned up the nicks and burrs on the blade and elsewhere. I don't know if I broke any rules by putting this style handle on this style head but it's what I had on hand. I've done this job badly a few times but I got this one pretty close to very good, I think. Re-handling an axe is a nice job for a rainy afternoon and my next one will be better, but this one has me reconsidering my intended purpose for it. I don't really want to chop roots in the dirt with it now.

[rusty]

> I don't really want to chop roots in the dirt with it now

heh, yeah, been there, done that, get an old ratty tool because you don't want to use a nice one for something, then fix it up, and decide it's too nice to use for that also.....

I would look for an old grub hoe and put an edge on it.....

[Fins/413]

You are right, way too nice to flail in the dirt

[Dakota Woodworker]

Looks to good for chopping roots, you'll have to find another one for that purpose.

[OilyRascal]

Nice hatchet, and a fine stone wall also.

[scottg]

I bet its a good ax too. When Monkey Wards put the --script--  Lakeside logo on,  it meant top quality goods.
  This is a Plumb or Kelly or equal to that ax, I guarantee it.

  Mounting handles is worst than potato chips. No way you can just eat one!! heh heh
Nice job!!
  yours Scott

[lbgradwell]

Very nice!

I recently obtained a much-less-nice Craftsman carpenter's hatchet like that (made by Vaughan) and had to spend considerable time regrinding it (how it came from the factory) to get it to a useable shape...