All About Pocket Knives

Soaking a True Temper Double-bit for a second time in some fresh new vinegar (and a pair of scissors for 1st time). The 1st soaking was is some really old vinegar and it did not clean it very well.

Here they are after about 12 hours on a hot 92 degree day.

Soaking the True Temper 2xBit in vinegar bath. Then after a little clean up. However I am going to soak it again as there are still some troublesome rust spots stuck to it.

Here is a 'lil Craftsman hatchet I am going to clean up.

Here is an old MANN Military axe marked "USA 4"

Nice!

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 10:28 pm Here is an old MANN Military axe marked "USA 4"

Nice one! Cool stamp!

TPK wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 9:43 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 10:28 pm Here is an old MANN Military axe marked "USA 4"

Nice one! Cool stamp!

Thanks!

I just clean these axes up and dunked them in the oil tank so they look a little dull. A Collins, a Keenkutter and a Plumb. Next some cleaning up on the wire wheel.

Cutting down a tree today for a friend. The lot next door appears to have a homeless camp in it and the people were burning electrical wire to get the insulation of the wire. They are burning it on the other side of the fence under the tree. Not such a good idea as it is very dry here. So the friend wanted the tree down. I am using to small axe and hatchet to cut up the smaller branches so they will fit into a dumpster. The chainsaw stopped working, so the small axes come in handy until my buddy went into town and bought a new Craftsman chainsaw... problem solved!!!

Here is the one I just got after I cleaned off the paint on the head. I'm not sure who the maker is... Any ideas out there?

Here is a hatchet I bought from a blacksmith in Kenya Africa. He made right in front of me and I got great photos of him working on it over a coal forge right on the ground. You can see it a piece of leaf spring if you closely.

Cleaning up a little mini Craftsman hatchet.

Here is a Craftsman 2xbit I picked up the other day.

I bought this one for a quarter at a garage sale. Is it worth cleaning up or putting it on eBay?

Here is a Wards Master Quality hatchet head I cleaned up a week ago.

Here is a True Temper 2xbit I cleaned up and it was rusty! Now here it is after a little polishing with a wire wheel and just waiting for a sharpening and a handle.

Here is the True Temper 2xbit once again before I cleaned up on a wire wheel.

I love that axe from Kenya. When I was a kid we still had doubles on the trucks for limbing up brush. Saws were "big" back then and those guys kept their axes sharp. I remember when Homelite came out with the XL12, and the add had a guy holding one in his palm, and the caption, "only 12 pounds".

Wow! You have come up with some really cool stuff! I like the two Craftsman & the Sweden!
What do you soak them in?

TPK wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 6:48 pm Wow! You have come up with some really cool stuff! I like the two Craftsman & the Sweden!
What do you soak them in?

Thanks! %5 white vinegar. It seems to work very well.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 12:11 am

TPK wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 6:48 pm Wow! You have come up with some really cool stuff! I like the two Craftsman & the Sweden!
What do you soak them in?

Thanks! %5 white vinegar. It seems to work very well.

Cool! Thanks for the Info!

TPK wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 4:35 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 12:11 am

TPK wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 6:48 pm Wow! You have come up with some really cool stuff! I like the two Craftsman & the Sweden!
What do you soak them in?

Thanks! %5 white vinegar. It seems to work very well.

Cool! Thanks for the Info!

I just dug this one out from my garage, I have not used it for a long time....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:05 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 4:35 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 12:11 am

Thanks! %5 white vinegar. It seems to work very well.

Cool! Thanks for the Info!

I just dug this one out from my garage, I have not used it for a long time....

Cool! An Ochsenkopf! Oldest Axt makers in Germany. Or that's what they say.

I got all the stuff here to put my small Ochsenkopf back together. Handle and paint. Just haven't taken the time to do it yet.

Was? Ich dachte, die Menschen in Deutschland seien effizient. Beeil dich! Beeil dich! Schnell! Schnell!