Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025 April Wilkerson shows you how to shape and fit a custom axe handle for a truly personalized tool.

A sharp long-handled axe is a necessity for any outdoorsman. When the blade gets dull, well, you can fix that: A bench grinder can be used to sharpen a dull axe head, and some rust soak will have ...

They attach from the axe head to the base of the handle and make a 15-inch bow saw. The saw blade is thin and sharp, and it attaches to the axe with a spring-loaded clamp to keep it tight.

Once the fit was good, the welder was broken out and all 3 axe head pieces were combined into one beastly mass. After the new head was polished and sharpened, it was re-assembled a new hickory handle.