Axe head made out of barbed wire

[Wyatt A.]

Yes, barbed wire.

 

[tz620q]

Yes, barbed wire.

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Most wire has other metals in it to make it more ductile that pure steel. Is this axe head purely decorative or did you harden it in some way. Cool picture, by the way and kudos on this.

 

[Wyatt A.]

Most wire has other metals in it to make it more ductile that pure steel. Is this axe head purely decorative or did you harden it in some way. Cool picture, by the way and kudos on this.

I wrapped 30 feet of barbed wire around a mild steel core. Placed in a canister to forge weld together. Removed from canister to form rough shape and drift the eye. Forge welded a high carbon steel cutting bit into it. Yes hardened and tempered cutting bit. You can use it but it would mess up the design. I think I meant it to put on a shelf to display it.

 

[tz620q]

I wrapped 30 feet of barbed wire around a mild steel core. Placed in a canister to forge weld together. Removed from canister to form rough shape and drift the eye. Forge welded a high carbon steel cutting bit into it. Yes hardened and tempered cutting bit. You can use it but it would mess up the design. I think I meant it to put on a shelf to display it.

I grew up around barbed wire and have the scars from several mishaps. You just need a clever slogan like, "The metal that clove the plains."

 

[Wyatt A.]

I grew up around barbed wire and have the scars from several mishaps. You just need a clever slogan like, "The metal that clove the plains."

How about "tangled pilgrim".

 

[tz620q]

How about "tangled pilgrim".

I actually read that with a John Wayne voice in my head.

 

[Wyatt A.]

I actually read that with a John Wayne voice in my head.

Western Divide' ER

 

[tz620q]

Western Divide' ER

That's my favorite. It conveys the historical sense of fencing as posting boundaries (dividing) the previously unbound western territories.