Introduction: Wooden Viking Bearded Axe
Since my audience wanted me to make an bearded Viking axe I decided to make one and here it is.
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Step 1: Axe Shape
Draw your design and cut it out with jigsaw
Step 2: Glue Time
Glue to get more thickness around the axe eye socket
Step 3: Clean and Drill
Cut out the excess wood with coping saw
Drill out the eye socket
Step 4: Forging
Remove waste wood to get axe shape you want
Make a bevel on the edge and don't cut yourself on it (like me)
Give it some texture with a hammer
Step 5: Paint (the Most Critical Part)
First seal it with sealer (In my case it's nitro lacquer)
Apply 2 or 3 coats of silver spray
When dry apply the black spray from distance
after all this steps your axe will look like cast iron :/ but to make it aged/epic
use a trick which I accidentally found out:
Apply paint thinner on piece of cloth and rub it on to get aged look
PS just don't overdo it but if you do you can apply more silver and black spray and repeat the process
Step 6: Handle
Plane it to fit the eye socket on your axe head
Cut out the wedge slot
Stain it to match aged look of axe head
Step 7: Fitting
Hammer on the axe on handle and insert the wedge
Step 8: An Epic Looking Axe
Finished axe
Please if you have some questions write me a comment down below or send me a message me via Instagram
I am happy to help anytime... sometimes I even sleep :p
Please be sure to watch the video and give me your opinion :)

Participated in the
Woodworking Contest 2017

Participated in the
Build a Tool Contest 2017
15 Comments
5 years ago
whats the dimension of the board you used for your project?
6 years ago
Very cool and inspiring! Great video!
Reply 6 years ago
Thank you bro :)
6 years ago
But how does it cut?
Reply 6 years ago
isn't functional you lost the meaning!. Its live scale model of weapons
Reply 6 years ago
:)
Reply 6 years ago
I cut myself on it accidentaly while sharpening it, be sure to watch the video :)
Cheers
~M~
6 years ago
epic awesomeness of model tools and weapons of an historic era and region. Voted and God speed for winning!!!
Reply 6 years ago
Thank you for kind (Epic) words bro :D
Have a nice day
~M~
6 years ago
Awesome shield in the background. Nice paint job
Reply 6 years ago
Thank you bro, I made a video for it, check it out :)
Cheers
~M~
6 years ago
Man ! You got me on this one ! I was pretty sure it was a steel axe !
Great job !
Reply 6 years ago
Ha! yeah even my friends asked me why did I bought F*!?$%& axe haahah
Thank you for kind words :)
Cheers
~M~
6 years ago
Not what I expected, but Extreamly cool. Love it!
Reply 6 years ago
Thank you :)