4 Tricks to Transform Your Budget AXE - Minimal tool modifications ! - Perfect axe for hiking trips
00:00 - Intro
05:25 - How to transform the shape of the axe head with a drilling machine
12:30 - How to charring the handle
14:00 - How to blacken the axe head
17:15 - How to make a handle protector from paracord
In this video i show you techniques how to transform a cheap hardware store hatchet into a outstanding camping trip axe. The aim is always to do this upgrades with MINIMAL number of TOOLS.
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one thing I learned in the Army is, if you wet the paracord, like soak it, then wrap whatever it is, it will shrink as it dries, and makes it easier to work with. It may work better for some, others may choose to use paracord dry, it is totally up to the person doing the project. Whatever works better for you!
Thanks for this usefull hint! I will try it. :)
Nice trick!!! Thanks.
You dont have to excuse yourself when giving out usefull information not everybody may know about
This works well but you can also boil it qnd as it cools and it will shrink more
That is an awesome teqnique! I love paracord purely because it's cheapand strong. I use Elmers glue all.( waterproof version) .but I have to try your method! Cheers from Australia 🙂👍
As a child, I watched my grandfather make many blades, axe heads and other parts he needed out on the family farm. He was an accomplished blacksmith and bladesmith as well... I learned MANY curse words in German back then too... watching you transform these axe heads brought back many wonderful childhood memories! Thank you!
Wowwww, what a wonderful storry!!
I'm a small farm blacksmith as well. It's a vary fun trade!
@@fufufufu5979 my grandfather used coal or if he didn’t have any coal, a LOT of wood lol.... there were always tree limbs and branches galore out there to be used up... what do you use?
@@ZippedUpKitz a mix. Sometimes I use charcoal that is made in our woodstove, sometimes I use coal, and sometimes I cut up brush into small pieces and burn that. I have found that it works just as well as coal does.
@@FelixImmler Vielen Dank, Herr Immler! Ich genieße es wirklich, deine Videos anzuschauen. Du bringst so viele wundervolle Erinnerungen aus der Kindheit mit meinem Großvater zurück. Wenn ich dich höre, bringen der Klang deiner Stimme, der Akzent und sogar die Beugung deiner Worte wundervolle Erinnerungen zurück. Ich kann dir nicht genug für das danken, was du für mich getan hast, ohne zu wissen, dass du es getan hast! Ich freue mich jetzt jede Woche auf deine Videos!
What a great channel. What I enjoy the most is Felix has a smile on his face all the time. How do you not like a guy that smiles that much and knows what he's doing?
So true!
I like your approach to making these modifications with just hand tools. I understand your need to use the stand drill. With that said, bushcraft, survival, off grid is the objective to get back to how many of us and our forefathers once did. A skill almost lost to most areas or the world. Learning to live as they did reminds us how hard their lives we're then compared to ours today. I'm 68 and I still remember struggling to put an ice block in the top of our ice box. Before we had electricity all over the house. We still have large ceiling fans that drawer air from the front to back of our house. We lived on 640 aces and grow ever thing we needed except sugar and coffee. My grand father showed his own horses castrated his calves. My great, grand and mothers made our own fabric. The spun yard from wool from our sheep making our coats. Canned our food. It was a total family affair. There were 16 of us living in five bedroom house. Our water had to be pumped in buckets and carried inside. I was born at a time we were coming in to the modern age. We still road horses to school. I guess looking back I am one of the lucky ones to remember how we lived and still remember how to do it. I gain knowledge of my forefathers everyday from people just like you that refuse to let the old ways be forgotten. We must make sure it never does. Thank you. Your family is blessed having you keep their heritage a live. As we go into globalization, we must retain our national identity as well. To honor our ancestors.
Wowwww, your story sounds incredibly exciting! Thank you for taking the time to tell me about your life!
Mad scientist Felix, Your laughter when You made the coffe/vinegar mix!
Hello Dan. Thanks a lot for your funny comment!
Felix, please don’t take the comments or criticisms of viewers to heart. 99% of them have zero video uploads and are not qualified to share their ideas about how you do anything. A lot of people are “keyboard commandos” and say things as if they are some kind of authority, but when you look, they have zero to show for their vast knowledge and criticisms.
Yes, thats true. Thank you so much for your feedback! Greetings from Switzerland
I don't disagree, except, the part about the videos. It doesn't make you an expert if you have videos up, and it doesn't mean you're not an expert if you don't have videos up.
My dad farmed for a living, he was an expert at it. He also did carpentry in the winter. Maybe not an expert but really good at it. I know he'd have never put videos up about it on youtube.
basically this Guy turn something ugly and ordinary into something beautiful..... ART! I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS! Just amazing
16:00 wow you invented the Axepresso xD
Haaa ha haa 😂😂😂
Cheers! This one will hold you awake. Period!
Felix, I'm so sorry for not watching this until last week because I showed it to Molly who is being apprenticed by a blacksmith. When she came home, I showed her this tutorial, so she and I got to work. Her axe was made almost identical as yours, and I am very proud of her achievement! Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! *Hugs* Wendi 💛
I enjoyed every bit of this. To watch you realize obstacles you didn't expect. To try something different. Each challenge I asked myself what would "I" do? It was a learning experience for the both of us. Congratulations on achieving what you set out to do. And a great tool too. Exactly what I'm looking for.
Love how you keep it real! Thanks for looking out for all us people who don't have the expensive machinery.
Felix, you forgot to cut the slots in the handle butt for the tweezers and toothpick, lol!
Ha ha haaa, what a cool idea!😂😂
😂😂😂
Ha Ha Ha
They go under the paracord!
He’ll probably include a nail clipper instead
Thank you felix for understanding your audience and making a great follow-up video!
Your comment makes me happy. Thanks a lot!
Felix is a national treasure and does not know it. Switzerland should change the name of their country to "Immler".
@@FelixImmler I echo the comment! You’re going into a really interesting niche that interests even the beginner adventurer who started on some basic SAK videos such as myself! Cant wait to try this out!
That was an elegant solution to create "French Curves" for your bearded axe pattern. An Impressive presentation, Sir!
Hello from the US! I have been watching a lot of videos on modifying axes and your design is my favorite. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do it. Wish I could give you a thousand thumbs up!
Well done. It takes a humble man that listens to comments/criticism and then finds a way to accomplish the project another way. Also love your enthusiasm.
I envey you for living in switzerland, So nice of everything my son went there and went on a tour of the victoria swiss Army factory and he said he would take it over again next time he's in switzerland, anyway I respect you for being so Great and ingenious and humerus, Thank you again SIR!!! -GARY 🇨🇭
Hello Gary, Thanks a lot for your nice comment!
excellent -- from the US....triple thumbs up
Awesome! Thank you!
Darn! You've got three thumbs? 😲
@@mimimmimmimim I do. I am a shape-shifter.
Like the fact that you don’t shy away from showing the unexpected obstacles inherent in any first-time project.
Who care what other people think. Let them do thier own videos. If I had the tools I'd try doing it the same way. People don't understand different people has different budgets. Keep doing what your doing I enjoy it
Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback!
I love your enthusiasm for your craft - looking forward to following this guide in the near future!
Thanks a lot for your comment. I hope you are sucessful!
A great looking axe! Appreciate you sharing your skills and steps for this project. Looking to do two myself.
Hello Stacey. Good luck!
Thx for bringing me here. It's not just the tools but even much more the talent and the patience you are gifted with. Mad respect 🙏.
Thanks a lot 😁👍
Felix you are a great man you don't have to prove anything... I often times do not have the tools and I always adapt other people process to my possibilities. I'm gonna make my own hatchet in these coming days and I thank you for that!
Good luck!
Hi Felix, you have quickly become one of my favorite KZhead personalities ... you don't take life too seriously, are unpretentious and pretty darned funny at times. I love watching you create and work. Here's hoping you have continued success and many more wonderful videos for all of us to share ... Cheers my friend!!
Like it dude. Your cheerful delivery makes the video twice as good. Bravo. Keep it up.
Felix you are truly dedicated.
Thank you very much!
Brilliant mate, simplicity is what makes life exciting
im always impressed my guy you are the most suave laid back cat i think ive ever encountered in life or tv
Thanks a lot for your comment!
Great to see you Felix accepting the challenge to do such modification with other tools. I think that an angle grinder and a Dremel, as you showed in the previous video, are more common tools than a column drilling machine required to drill hardened steel surfaces, and the manual work with file is much less. Thanks for the show 👍🏻
Yes, may be you are right...😂
Great work! Thank you for your time!
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to show what we can do if we try. Again, thank you and I look forward to your next video.
I do appreciate using the most basic tools. But an angle grinder can be had very cheap too😁
Very true! Thanks for your anwer!
I’ve thought the same, the other basic one is the dremel, it comes with numerous attachments
I am sure your video will stun us with its creativity😉
That's what I was thinking! Us $20 for a decent one. Disks maybe $5 pack of 10. The vice is more for sure! Love the mod.
Absolutely! Maybe $30 with the wheel?You are waaay too nice for making this video Fellix! We're not worthy sir. Thank you
More great stuff from my favorite channel. I’ve already tried many of the mods from you vast knowledge and videos. Just found my next project. Many, many thanks Felix! Cheers from Ohio my friend.
Awesome, thank you! Your comment makes me happy!
Felix you are a wealth of survival information, and tricks to utilize the Swiss Knife to the most effect. Thanks for keeping these videos coming.
What an awesome project! Thanks for sharing 👍
When he said, "important to remember only the first 3 centimeters of the axe head are hardened," I said to myself, "ah the things you learn from Forged in Fire applied here on a KZhead video!" Love your work Mr. Immler!!
Thanks for your interesting comment. This axe has a DIN Norm 5131B. The hardness depth is regulated there..
I was so impressed with the last axe video I went to my garage to try your folded rag sharpening set up. My shop rags are smaller than yours so I tried 2 which was not high enough, while looking for another rag I found a hockey puck that I used as a spacer between the small shop towels and that worked like a charm.
Aha, another Canadian. Good day, eh?
Thank you, Felix! I always look forward to your videos. I couldn’t figure out how to fix the para cord in place but now I know!! Danke🙂
Love this and can’t wait to give it a try! Thank you
Outstanding!! You're great, buddy!! We really enjoy every 'Heeeello KZhead' Friday's. It's an useful and friendly channel. Have a nice weekend, Felix! Stay safe! Greetings from Spain!
Many thanks!! Greetings from Switzerland to Spain!
Ein Wahnsinn, was du dir für eine Arbeit antust, lieber Felix, aber das Resultat kann sich wirklich sehen lassen! Und das mit relativ einfachen Mitteln und Werkzeugen - Respekt!👍 LG aus Oberösterreich in die schöne Schweiz!
Danke Willi. Dein Kommentar freut mich jedes Mal sehr!
Wow! Beautifully done!
You say it is far away from being perfect. I say your modification is a huge improvement both for the head and the handle. I love it & plan to do that with mine. Thanks again, Felix!
Hello David. Thank for your feedback and good luck!
Felix, thank you! It’s like watching Grandad when I was a child. I have an idea for you to consider, getting pine pitch and putting the top of the handle into hot pine pitch before inverting or even after inserting the handle. It acts like epoxy. Mixing pine pitch with bees wax makes it pliable yet still very sticky. Nice video! Thanks!
Great to watch, but that must have been hard work! Great result, as always, Felix. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, specially the file work was hard!!
A file only cuts on the down or pushing stroke the same as a hack saw learn to use your tools they will last longer and be a little more useful
Incredible!
Buddy, so happy to have found you. I was just trying to get a young blacksmith to do this but they weren't interested. I have the perfect heat to do this with. Thank you!!!!!
Well done. Greetings from Poland
Thank you very much!
I'll bet you won't feel like seeing that file again for a while. You are getting quite the collection of hatchets Felix. I like how the new profile design improved the performance for precision cuts in the last video. Excellent series. ✌
Hello James. Yes, filing was hard work! Thanks for your comment!
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing. Ax
Great job and explanation. Thanks !
Excellent Felix, looking good! Here comes 100K, congrats buddy!
Thanks a million!
Love the video!!! I’ve always thought wrapping the upper handle with steel wire would provide the best protection. However, getting it tight enough is another issue.
You idea is fantastic!!!!!
Danke Felix für deine ideen und tolle Arbeit 👍😉
There’s always more that one way to do it. Nice job!
Cool work! Hello from Russia
Thank you so much. greetings to Russia!
I like the plastic wedge... it makes removal easy! In the USA most have metal wedges
Yes, i belive...
It makes replacing handles a royal pain.
Thanks for doing it again
Another great video. Thank you for sharing.
Great video, Felix! I like the oxidized axe head a little more than the "bling-bling" one, but they are both very good looking axes. Thanks for another awesome project lesson!
I totally agree! Thanks a lot for visiting my channel dear David!
Ah! Felix, two sugars and milk with the coffee, please. Haha 😂 My word, you are a man of dedication to your craft. Again, the shape of the head is beautiful. The paracord is fashionable today. well done! 👍✌️🔥🤗
Hello Phil. Thank you so much for your kind feedback!
Thanks great project
Love it, great job.
I was disappointed when you had to use the drill press just because I don’t have access to one. I know this was out of your control. I like the way you do things on the fly. Thanks for posting and great job.
I agreement, loved the video but its almost( not intentionally i think) is a clic bate cause it says with minimal tools.
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
@@FelixImmler thank you Felix for taking it:). I think you are very creative and i love your videos. If you can find a cheaper way with minimal tools to make your beautiful axe transformation please teach us 😁👍👍wish you all the best
Notice when he takes the head out of the vinegar bath, there's a well-defined line where part of the axe is darker than the rest. That's the line where the harder steel meets the softer steel. If you strip the paint and do the acid dip before you start drilling, you can see where the hard steel is when you're doing your layout and avoid it when making your cuts. You should be able to stick to the hand drill that way.
Just use a file and take your time...
And now I have to make one...
Yes my friend.. go for it!
@@FelixImmler I'll have to make a flute of the handle as well! What do you think? :-)
Very cool! I love restoring cutting tools and customizing them.
Gotta love the coffee vinegar soup 🤣🤣🤣
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Put a drop of oil when drilling. It should be cutting not grinding the metal out. It also keeps the heat down.
Why's that intro music sound so familiar.... LMFAO
This is music from the KZhead Audio Library. Thanks for your hint!
Another excellent project and looks great again. Thank you 👍👍👍👍
I LOVE your work. Plus it’s awesome you appreciate that some don’t have such well equipped workshops. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for your positive feedback!
Slow down your drill speed to when drilling steel. Especially hardened steel.
This is one of your best videos yet! Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Anybody else like me who doesn't have a drill press, there are literally dozens of videos on KZhead that show you how to make a bench top model that uses your power drill for the mechanics. Been on my to-do list.
Very well done! I didn't think you could do it. I was wrong. Thank you Felix!!
Thanks a lot for your feedback!!
I love you Swiss army series...
Thanks again,,, that was owsom to see keep up the good work we love you
was looking for this very thing. going to buy my axe this weekend. the rag sharpening video was also excellent
Having used much the same technique for making a set of fork yokes for a custom trike, I suspect that if you never see another file again it'll be too soon. Very nice result, and shows what can be done with a bit of determination, well done sir
outstanding!!
Awesome Felix!
I love the minimal tool option! Very considerate, thanks!
Excellent video! My favourite aspect is how you are just so happy to be making something!
Thank you very much sir! You made what I thought fairly difficult to a manageable and fun task. I am anxious to start on this new project. Thank you from Toronto, Canada!
Best of luck!
Danke Felix. Dir zuzuschauen und Deine Tips zu sehen ist eine Bereicherung. Du bist wirklich der Beste in dem Bereich, ganz ehrlich. Swiss Made eben😉 Ich feiere Dich und Victorinox
Dein Kommentar freut mich sehr. Danke Daniel!
Just to say thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills with such joy..
Thank you so much!!
Echt schönes Video. Danke für die Idee. Solches Werkeln fehlt uns heutzutage.
Awesome video and thanks for sharing
I did like this project, very much. Thank you.
Really great craftsmenship, turns a regular old axe into a work of art
Thank you very much!
Felix is the best!
Beautiful man can't wait being done postponing to make my own !
Thanks again, Felix. Another cool video.
Great work, II can't describe how glad I am to see you react to feedback this way, I wish more youtubers did it like this! Because most of us simply don't have fancy tools, only hand tools if we're lucky! It's hard work but it gets the job done, clearly!
Another great way to make a fantastic axe. Thanks again.
Thank you too!
Excellent, j'adore.
That was a lot of work, though you're rewarded. Thanks for the post 📯
Great Charisma! Great video!
GF1, A true old school craftsman. Awesome job 👍👍👍👍👍👍😎