My Son recently turned 10. He asked for an axe for his birthday - who wouldn't?
I managed to pick up three really beautiful axes for him to work up to. The biggest was a lovely old Brades axe, in need of a cover though!
I'd been thinking of making another style of wooden axe cover for a while and I had a woodcarving magazine article due.
This one is a little harder to make than the first, just because the case swings up from a pivot point, but it's fairly simple other than that.
TI chose a simple design I'd been using for a drawer front in the workshop, one I found on an old piece of furniture.
He loved it when I gave it to him, hopefully it'll last him many years and will protect the edge of his axe.
Video coming soon!
Which style of cover do you prefer, this one, or the one before?
That is a really tough call Kevin but if forced to choose, I guess I like the one above with the pivot that covers more of the blade. I think from a designer standpoint, it would offer more freedom for design of the graphics as well.
ReplyDeleteKev, I really like the pivot design. More space for graphics as Ed notes, but I like the accessibility.
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