Wedge

Dismantled 3 hatchets and a hammer.

one of the smaller hatchets with a 1 3/8"eye had this 1" wedge crammed into it.

the bare metal skid mark was from boring out the wood from the back side.

Not orange flavored

As with all others whom claim that they rarely get sick and then do, 

superman status gone and laid out flat.

7 days later and i still feel drained. at least the mind is active again.

now, off to work.

the latest CDC stats and the trend will get more intense.

Jack and Jackson

A boy and his dog.

damn right it doesn't get any better than this!

this isn't one of those "cute" photos, this is a snapshot in a boys life that says,

"that was a good nap".

Lauri 105h

Received my lauri 105h high carbon steel blade.

i have been wanting try one of these finnish knives as a woodworking workshop tool for sometime now. 

i also wanted to give the boys another example (as if they need another example) of how one doesn't need to buy a completed ready to use tool. in fact, when one is willing to build or modify their tools then the process of fine tuning from their hand will create an object more responsible to their unique working style.

(at least when the right questions are properly answered while building) 

although it sits on my desk i will have to wait a bit longer to actually get to this project.

there will be no sawdust this week, my lungs will have none of that.

Lochlann's lost nail

Lochlann has been stressing out the coming loss of his old crushed fingernail.

like a tooth ready to come out, i caught my moment and just yanked.

he didn't feel a thing.

lochlann displaying his loss over my hand

there is no such thing as a "finger nail fairy",

so sorry loch,  you won't be getting anything special for this.

2 axes posted on etsy

Made it through work yesterday but fever is still there.  The sickness is now moving to my chest.

i think the muscle aches and skin pain angers me more then the fever.

worst of all i feel unproductive.

here are the two axes i posted on noble ignitus on etsy.

the mastercraft.

the unmarked double bit. the quality of this steel was very good. 

4 hatchets on the etsy site

Yesterday i kept to my jan first posting deadline.

put these 4 hatchets on noble ignitus on etsy.com

the Eclipse here was a group acquisition with a plumb carpenters hatchet.

the steel was nice and sharpened nicely. the handle flash is a combination of the croquet mallet designs.

this may be the last time i use pigment based stains on the handle. i will just keep it on the mallets.

this Plumb's helve flash was an older style i used. the black is actually a texturized black polyurethane. this gives a good grip and wears well. this grip is especially nice in the presence of water (snow and rain). softer hands may not want to use this handle for long periods of time without a glove. i have never had an issue with it. 

this is the current preference of helve flash. 

i am in a stage of appreciating more wood so i keep the color to a "gun barrel" and "sights" theme. 

plumb carpenters hatchet 2 

plumb carpenters hatchet 3 

hoping to post the two finished double bit axes tomorrow. as for now the close-open shift / finally getting the sickness the rest of the family is getting over (or in the grips of) is officially kicking my ass.