Even the most "time-tortured" things can, if desired, be put in order, restoring their attractive appearance. In this review, we will try to restore the old ax found during excavations, which has been lying in the ground for almost 70 years.
The job is not easy, but the end result is worth it. Moreover, 70 years ago, very good quality steel was used to make axes. First of all, it will be necessary to clean the ax from rust, and then you can begin to restore it.
The main stages of work
To quickly clean a stale ax from traces of corrosion on the surface, we will use a metal brush for an angle grinder. If there is a sandblasting machine, then you can try to clean the ax with it.
After mechanical cleaning, we markup, try to make something original from this old piece of metal. Let's take the Viking ax as the basis. Excess parts at the ends must be cut off with a grinder.
An even semicircular cutout on one of the sides can be made with a metal crown. In the next step, the surface of the ax must be well sanded. To do this, you can use both a grinder with a petal circle, and an ordinary belt-grinding machine.
Then we apply some interesting pattern (can be drawn in Photoshop) on both sides of the ax by electrochemical etching and make a wooden ax for it. See the video on the site for a detailed process of restoring an old ax.
