Hatchet Cover I made

[BigK]

My father-in-law brought me his raggedy old hatchet with gouges all up the sides and knicks in the blade. He asked me to make him a leather cover for it, so it wouldn't get banged up in the tool box of his truck. Needless to say, I bit my tongue and said sure.

I cleaned it up with a brass brush and some WD-40, smoothed out the gouges, and polished it with my Dremel until it shined like new. Then I reprofiled the edge to get the knicks out of the blade and sharpened it real good for him.

I mean why bother putting lipstick on a pig, right? Here's the cover I made him for it...

He liked it and practically accused me of buying him a new hatchet, since he couldn't believe it was the same one he dropped off. It's always good to keep the in-laws happy.

Edited April 25, 2011 by BigK

[Mr. Brooks]

Very nice job.

But where are the before/after pics of the hatchet?

[Guest BEARMAN]

Excellent job, BigK.

[BigK]

Thanks for the kind words. I had fun making it except when my airbrush broke right before I finished the darker dye around the edges.

But where are the before/after pics of the hatchet?

No excuses, I dropped the ball on that one. I know the drill...no pics, it didn't happen.

It wasn't until I was almost done when I realized this would have made for good before/after pics. It was too late by then.

You would have been surprised...not by the after pics, but by how someone could let a tool they rely on get in such bad shape, LOL.

Edited April 25, 2011 by BigK

[Guest BenderBendingRodriguez]

Well it's still not too late for the after pictures, at least. Unless you've given it back already.

[BigK]

Well it's still not too late for the after pictures, at least. Unless you've given it back already.

Yep, too late now, sorry.