When you finish the parkerize, give the edge a half inch pass with paper or the polish wheel for that deadly killer looking edge...
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When you finish the parkerize, give the edge a half inch pass with paper or the polish wheel for that deadly killer looking edge...
Looks like the ones that we had in the pioneer tool boxes in the Engineers. I believe they were part of the set of tools for the 1/4 ton "Jeep" along with a shovel which mounted the side of the vehicle. In most cases they were left off in the motor pool otherwise they would grow feet and walk away if not watched.
Makes me think of my great-grandfather's axe, absolutely the same one he used, except the handle's been replaced five times and the head three times. Or so the saying goes... It is absolutely priceless in sentimental value.
Looks like the axes we would pack in our ahkios in Alaska. Except ours were all OD green and didn't have that funky duct tape around the handle.
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When it comes to sharpening it, use an angle grinder with the Walter Quick-Step bonded abrasive pads: they produce a suitable convex bevel with a near razor edge, and very quickly. Ensure the part of the pad touching the blade is rotating away from the edge at all times or you will get a jolt, or something worse. ;)
I still have one that "jump" into the trunk (boot) of my car when we turned in our M151 Jeeps. It told me that it did not want to be scrapped and to save him. LOL!!!