I have not gotten around to doing the Sutton Hoo axe yet. I do plan to make one soon as I have had the designs ready to go for awhile.

I also like that danish axe alot. I will be doing one with a swept up tip like that in the next week and will be sure to take good pictures.

We also have a boarding axe in the works with langets. Should be a nice one!

Thanks for the input, keep it coming.

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A good start?

An excellent start!

Hi,
Some really great looking designs. If you make the Sutton Hoo Axe with metal haft, I for one will buy it.

Regards
Robert

I didnt have enough time to update our axe page on the site, but I did upload a teaser pic a few new designs on our facebook.

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Look for a whole bunch of new things with this chisel look.

What do you guys think?

Look really nice, good patterns of decoration and the aged/patinated finish is attractive and makes them much more interesting to look at than a plain surface.

Added a few more axes to the site.

First is a large Bardiche:
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Here is a small pole axe with 4 sided back spike and hand chisel work.
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A steel hafted version with chisel work
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more coming...

Really like the Bardiche but I don't see it's dimensions or weight mentioned on your site ?

Oh, inside diameter of socket would be good to know also. ;) :D :cool:

Thanks Jean. From tip to tip the Bardiche is 20". I have several other patterns in the works. Some even with the pierced holes.

The two standard sizes of sockets we use is 1" Inside diameter and 1.25" Inside diameter. Custom socket sizes are available if needed.

I will update the site with more info on these axes as soon as we get this Ohio Ren Fest order done today.

I need to invest in a new digital scale to get weights. I just never think about it as most everything we make is put in a box minutes after it is put together. Now that we are stocking more items here and making more and more customs I will have to remedy that issue ASAP.

I can tell you that the Bardiche is made from 3/16" stock if that helps at all.

Kult of Athena is game to stock just about anything I think will sell well. They have the one trifoil axe now and I was planning on getting a gallowglass at very least over to them. I dont see why we couldnt send a few pole arms as well. I too love dealing with KOA. That is why we chose to work with them.

Most of our smaller axes come with the 1" ID socket and the larger ones we use the 1.25" ID. If ordering from us you can request either for any of the heads. From Kult and other dealers I know that the Bardiche will be 1.25" as standard.

When ordered from us, yes. Sharps come with hard edge and soft body.

I am not sure what version KOA will get. Makes since to send them a pre-sharp, but blunts are in demand as well.

All the recently posted photos show some amazing products! I'd love a go at making a Bardiche out of that head, and the rest look really sweet.

Just an idea here though, what about also makig a craftsmans line of axes, adzes and similar tools? These are often rougher and simpler made than the fancy but certainly collectible pollaxe heads and such, and would probably appeal to many in the re-eactment and SCA circuits doing their own woodcrafts (like me), at least if they could be kept at a decent price and had full tool function. The Gränsfors historical line as a comparison is great, but a bit pricey at least for the special tools like adzes.

The Mästermyr chest had a very nice looking adze that no one sells today for instance. Shouldn't be all that difficult to make either compared to some of the other much more advanced shape heads shown on this thread.

I mean how are we going to make bowled out shields, or properly shaped pavises or weapon hafts if we don't have the historically accurate woodworking tools to make them? ;)