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    Axe Head Before and After

    Up at the old 1930's era sawmill site where I recovered that odd "BB Union Made" button I also found an axe head down about 6-7".

    Here's a photo of it when I recovered it and again today after electrolysis and boiling oil. It was a fun project!

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    Looks a lot better Karl , I have to get off my rear and get at all the iron tools i have collected over the years .
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    Looks great. congrats. safe & HH

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    Great job. Cleaned up really nice
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    That did come out nice!
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    Very good job on it! Now it can be displayed without any further oxidation to it.
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    Put a handle on it and sharpen that puppy up looks like she might have some life left in her still!
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    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    Very good job on it! Now it can be displayed without any further oxidation to it.
    I thought what I might do with it is present it to the 90-something year old guy that told me about the mill and remembers when it was in operation. I'm pretty sure he'd like to have something from the mill.
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    That turned out really well for sure

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