the product

All right,so here is the product.Strap axe,very old chunk of wrought iron,bladed with a chunk of a dump-truck hydraulic-ram seal,quenched in waste oil,and drawn to bronze-jumped the gun,there-the file just barely touches it.All the work done with coal,welding was tough-great difference in plasticity between wrought and steel(not to mention the melt temp.).4-5 hours altogether,satisfying in the extreme.Bootlegging viking artifacts comes rather naturally to me,my working(and living)conditions being very similar to theirs.They did have an advantage fuel-wise,surrounded as they were by the hardwood forest.The conifers around here don't quite have the BTU's,although i hear that they work great for welding,didn't have a chance to experiment yet.