Restoration of a Rare Axe Found on the WWI Battlefield

Rare rusty WWI trench pickaxe restoration. I found a rusty axe on the battlefield of the First World War at the site of a German and Austro-Hungarian military camp. This is a rare ersatz pickaxe. I decided to restore this pickaxe. I removed the rust and preserved the axe. I hope you liked my restoration.
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[jeffbaranowski]

Excellent! I consider this more of a preservation than a restoration. Preserving history.

[William_Borgeson]

I love how you do just enough to bring things from the past and resist the urge to make them better than they were, it's amazing. I'd love to see a video displaying all of the items that you have restored, with before and after images.

[thomastompkins]

Nice Job. Careful using salt as your electrolyte, it creates chlorine gas. Safer to use baking soda.

[T_B]

I always find it amazing how much rust you find/dig out, after electrolysis. Very thorough! 💪👍

[diyfireking]

Great restoration. Good luck on your next project. 👍👍

[vinceianni]

Hello mister beautiful restoration good job well done

[PerfectRestore]

Great video! I recommend everyone to watch and enjoy the spectacle!!! Good luck, bro!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[zou]

Beatiful restoration 👍👏🪓
Congratulations and Greetings from Belgium 😉🇧🇪👋

[nordicson]

Appreciate your hard work on this, and the respect you gave it.

[scottcates]

Excellent work. It's nice to see the base metal conserved. Having said that, I would have also used a mild rust dissolving acid instead of all the dremel work. Then again, I'm not doing the work and posting quality videos. Nice job, amigo.

[caked]

Very interesting how similar the design is to modern equipment like fiskars hatchets.
Today we use fancy teflon coating and fiber reinfoced plastic, back than it was metal for the whole thing!
And this axe has a straight grind as well!

[MASI_forging]

Great restoration, you did a great job. 🙂🙂

[michaelkeller]

love these old tools. as if they were built for eternety (imagine them being taken care during the years instead rusting away in ...who knows where)...

[IRWT]

Круто балістол працює. Я купив рідину для вороніння на розлив. То працює на багато повільніше

[Crazy_Caleb]

That’s looks, if I’m guessing correctly, like a 1915 trench axe

[altbeetle]

вам обов’язково потрібно придбати піскоструминь,
багато хімічних процесів відпадуть самі по собі

[RobbinsJoe]

Why not do a second electrolysis after cleaning and inspection?

[edemoi]

Where do you find all your pieces to restore?

[javanthomas]

What is the black stuff you put on the axe

[drdalekhunter]

Does anyone else think this looks like a middle ages halberd head?