Do-it-yourself viking ax

Dear site visitors, from the master class presented by the author, you will learn how to independently make an old Viking ax with which they fought, robbed merchant ships and captured villages.

This ax has a rather interesting shape, but it is needed in order for the warrior to use it in battle as weaponsand in peacetime for the construction of housing and tree felling for the center of a Viking heating a dwelling. Thus, it turns out that the ax was also used as a carpentry tool, by the way they built their famous drakaras (wooden sailing boats) with just such hatchets, and then engaged in robbery and robbery, wielding all the same ax.

Since childhood, the author likes to watch films and cartoons about the Vikings, his dream was to get the same hatchet as the bearded Viking, but since this little boy had only to dream. But years passed and the male grew up, learned to hold the instrument in his hands)) I decided at all costs to make myself a Viking ax.

I found an old grandfather hatchet in the barn and started to transform it, namely, welded up the existing cracks in the metal, had to change the heel a little, then the metal was ground. Further, the author decided to harden his ax, red-hot in the forge and cooled in a bathtub with engine oil, then put it in the oven preheated to 200^aboutC to relieve stress from the metal. Then he carefully polished it with a belt grinder.

The handle of an ax is best made of hardwood (oak, maple, hornbeam)
Also on the handle was a Celtic pattern, previously printed on a sheet of paper of A-4 format. The drawing was transferred to the pen and selected using a boron machine. And at the end it is covered with linseed oil.

And so, let's look at what exactly is needed to make an ax.

Materials

1. an old ax
2. handle made of hard wood (oak, walnut, hornbeam, maple, cherry, etc., whatever you find))
3. wooden wedges

Instruments

1. welding machine
2. Bulgarian (angle grinder)
3.boron machine
4. brush
5. pencil
6. belt grinding machine

Step-by-step instructions for creating a Viking ax do it yourself.

First of all, the author got an old still grandfather ax stored in a barn on the street. The metal was rusty from time to time, had cracks and was not used for a long time, but it made an excellent donor for creating a cool ax.

The ax needed to be disassembled and the old hatchet removed, already dry and cracked from time to time.Then the master began to remove rust for which he uses a grinder (angle grinder)During the removal of rust, it was revealed that there are cracks in the metal and it was decided to weld them.We remove the scale and excess metal.The heel of the ax is given a slightly different shape, a metal cover from the can is used as a template, we attach and circle with a marker.The metal of the ax is also chosen by the grinder.Irregularities are sanded on a belt grinder.After which the author proceeds to harden the ax. He places the metal in the red-hot coals of the blacksmith's forge, blows air with furs and heats the ax to red.Then it quenches in oil (machine oil)Hardening was carried out successfully, then the metal is tempered in a preheated oven to 200 degrees to relieve tension.Then it is ground again on the machine.Then the handle is made of wood, it is best to take hardwoods such as oak, maple, walnut, hornbeam.A Celtic pattern was printed on a sheet of A-4 format.Then the pattern is transferred to the handle of the ax and is selected by the boron machine along the contour.The ax is covered with linseed oil or varnish.An imitation of leather fastening and braiding an ax is done.Here is the result.
The ax turned out to be quite similar to a natural old Viking battle hatchet. The author’s dream came true and he realized it himself, with his own hands, which doubles the happiness and joy of the work done. With axes today almost no longer fight, with the exception of countries of the 3rd world)

The ax must be used for creative purposes, as an instrument of peaceful labor, for the construction and extraction of wood in order to warm your home.
As you see, if you want, absolutely everything can be done with your own hands.

Step-by-step instructions are provided for you, so we take and do it. Go for it friends!

That's all, thank you all for your attention!
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