I have finally found it! My favorite thing to do while procrastinating a stressful situation away is carving axe handles. What is even better is that I have a couple felled Shagbark Hickory trees on the farm, so I don’t have to go buy the wood.
It all starts with a block of wood.With every pass of the draw knife and every chop of the hatchet, the handle is more distinguishable.Shavings fall by-the-wayside as the wood piles up. Each chunk and curl sits beneath my make-shift shaving horse, making the air smell of hickory. This is why I like do this.I make my own axe handles to make it personal. I want to take care of my axe, because I made it. My handle fits my hand like an off the shelf handle can’t. That is because my handle is hand carved by my hands, for my hands. This is my axe handle.
Before and after
The sweet smell of hickory on the farm is like no other.
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