Hello all , I have just finished teaching an axe making class .....
it went well.
we made a total of 10.5 axe heads (nine finished axes I managed 1 and a half heads only.), most students going away with a forge welded bow tie construction axe and a punched and drifted axe , one student only came for 2 days and made a big forge welded axe.

I pre drilled 1lb blocks of en9 (1050) let the bashing commence......
punching:-
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Knocking the punch out.

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using a set hammer to refine the eye and blade .
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and the bashing commenses
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an axe taking shape...
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At this point I got a little stuck in and forgot to take more piccies , here is me lamping a folded mild steel over steel bow tie construction axe.
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and refining anoyther with a little more finess
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and the finished axes it was a good 3 days work
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some close ups
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and the others
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and finaly the group shot , thanks guys for a great weekend.
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That is too cool! And look at the smiles in the final pic. Those are some happy dudes! ^u^ Who wouldn't be after that though?

Fine ! You did not say anything about heat treatments, but I suppose you had them done...

All the axes were triple normalised, then differentially hardened and tempered .
I cycled them through the ovens and the students hardened them.