My Dads 60th Birthday Present

This one was very personal for me. What do you get someone who has everything? Something one off, made by hand and unique in every way! My dad has always been into the fire service, so much so he has his own fire engine. Here’s where my inspiration came from, it truly tested all my skills and abilities.

Everything from the carving of the handle from a solid piece of oak, to hand forging the axe head from a solid lump of steel including learning all the necessary heat treatments and processes to make this axe a fully usable axe. I am more proud of this project than anything else I’ve done… so far.

The case was a last minute (how the hell do you wrap an axe) idea. Using materials I had easy access to, this was made out of pine, with some battery powered LED’s and some transparent blue resin, which turned on when the lid was opened. Simple yet effective.